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BARRETT, William Andrew
(Service number 25/950)

BIll Barrett, circa 1916 — (South Canterbury Museum 2018/078.01)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	20/01/1894	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	PO Albury
Occupation	Labourer for J Sutherland, Albury
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	D. Barrett (father). Albury, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Battalion, C Company
Date	5 February 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egpytian 1916; Egyption Expeditionary Force 1916; Western Europe 1916-1918
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	219/05/1919	Reason	Discharged no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds recieved in action

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	04/10/1978	Age	84
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services section, RPlot 160
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotpah Database (15 June 2015)

External Links

Military personnel file

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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