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BARBOUR, John
(Service number 11603)

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko War Memorial — The Memorial reads "In Honoured Memory of the men of Tycno District who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918. Sergt R F Piper, Lc Cpl F Annand, Pte J J O'Boyle, Pte H J Wallace Pte W Watson, Pte J Barbour". (South Canterbury Museum 1161)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	James Barbour (father), Tycho Delivery Co, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	12th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Companyu
Date	1 May 1916
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Infantry

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	18 August 1916	Age	37
Place of Death	United Kingdom
Cause	Died of disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Tidworth Military Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Taiko War Memorial; Taiko Hall Memorial plaque

Biographical Notes

"It is reported with regret from Bulford that John Barbour, of the 12th Reinforcements, died there from pneumonia on August 18th" (Chronicles of the NZEF August 30, 1916 at P8); Son of James Barbour, of Loudown, Ayrshire, Scotland, and the late Anne Barbour.

Sources

Cenotaph Sep 2013; CWGC Sep 2013

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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