Alphonso Barrett

1878-1960

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37719

About

Born in New Zealand

10 November 1878
Parents

Mother

Lavenia Barrett

Father

Peter Barrett
Residence

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Driver

Employer

A. Higgins
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Coromandel Volunteers Regiment

    New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 81

    3 January 1960

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5520 54/0011886, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Alphonso Barrett (1878-1960)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/32