Born Marton. Joined 2 NZEF (Brigadier). Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 2 NZ Division, 1942-44; Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, 2 NZ Corps, 1944; Commandant, Royal NZ Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1949. Military awards include DSO. Died Wellington.
Barrington, Benjamin, 1901-1954
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New Zealand army officers with the New Zealand Minister of Defence, Frederick Jones, in...
Date: ca May 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-11142-F
Description: Army officers, with the New Zealand Minister of Defence, Frederick Jones, in Tunisia during World War 2, circa May 1943. From left to right: Brigadier G B Parkinson (commanding 6 Brigade), General H K Kippenberger (commanding 5 Brigade), Hon F Jones (Minister of Defence), Lieut Gen B C Freyberg, Brigadier W G Stevens, Colonel R Queree, Brigadier C E Weir, and Lieut Col B Barrington. Photographer unidentified. The man identified as B Barrington, has previously been wrongly identified as F B Glasgow From Hon F Jones album Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative
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Colonel Barrington greets King George VI who visited 2 New Zealand Division during its ...
Date: [ca 26 Jul 1944]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004
Reference: DA-06416-F
Description: Colonel Benjamin Barrington greets King George VI when he arrived to visit the 2 New Zealand Division during the advance towards Florence, Italy, in World War II. Photograph taken circa 26 July 1944 by George Frederick Kay. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
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Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Barrington - Photograph taken by George Bull
Date: Aug 1943
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Bull, George Robert, 1910-1996
Reference: DA-04426-F
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel B (Benjamin) Barrington. Photograph taken at Maadi, Egypt, in August 1943 by George Robert Bull. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
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King George VI arrives to visit 2 New Zealand Division during its advance to Florence, ...
Date: [ca 26 Jul 1944]
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
By: Kaye, George Frederick, 1914-2004
Reference: DA-06417-F
Description: King George VI in his car just after his arrival to visit the 2 New Zealand Division during the advance towards Florence, Italy, in World War II. Colonel Benjamin Barrington appears at centre. Photograph taken circa 26 July 1944 by George Frederick Kaye. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative
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Daniel Giles Sullivan, Col Fred Waite, Col B Barrington and soldiers, outside the NZ Fo...
Date: 6 February 1945
From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency
Reference: DA-08123-F
Description: Daniel Giles Sullivan, Minister of Supply, with Col Fred Waite (National Patriotic Fund Board) and Col B Barrington, and soldiers on leave, outside the NZ Forces Club, Florence, Italy, 6 February, 1945. Photograph taken by George F Kaye, 6 February, 1945. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative