Robert Lewis Barnett LOCKETT

Regimental number10/1087
Date of birth20 October 1889
Place of birthWanganui
OccupationEngineer
Address72 Harrison Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 5.5"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinAlice E P Lockett, 72 Harrison Street, Wanganui
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 September 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 21), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alice E.P. Lockett, Symonds Street, Auckland, and the late Hugh Lockett. Native of Wanganui
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 10920176

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