Valentine Joseph BARBER

Regimental number7/1175
Place of birthArgentina
AddressKaitieke, Raurimu
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs H J A Barber, Fitzherbert Street, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 23 Waitomo on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 14 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 4), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr H.J.A. and Agnes Barber CWGC gives date of death as 13 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Fourth

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