BARDEN, Herbert William
(Service number 6/4198)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 23 August 1894 | Place of Birth | Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Telegraphist | ||
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| Next of Kin | Spencer BARDEN (father), Kairuru, Motueka, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 11th Reinfocements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 September 1916 | Age | 22 years |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Herbert William Barden was the son of Spencer and Celia (Cecilia; née Teasdell) Barden, of 548 Bourke Street, Moore Park, Sydeny, New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 23 August 1894 at Sydney, New South Wales, and baptised on 13 January 1897 at Erskineville Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney. In February 1907, his father then being a hotel keeper, he entered Te Aro School from Newtown, Sydney, and left in December 1908 to go to work. Herbert worked as a telegraphist. He was at Waimate when he was called up.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 March 2018]; School Admission record (Wellington Branch NZSG) [04 March 2018]; Sydney Anglican Baptism record (ancestry.com.au) [04 March 2018]
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