death of his wife the same year as his OBE, he gradually withdrew from active life, leaving the store in the hands of his sons Jeffrey and Arthur, Jr. Home Barnett resided at 34 Alva Street in Mornington, Dunedin. Today the mock-Tudor Barnett Lodge is available as a bed & breakfast. Death Barnett died on 10 February 1959 aged 86 years after suffering a stroke earlier in the year at his beach house in Warrington. He was cremated two days later. References New Zealand businesspeople in retailing Businesspeople from Dunedin 1873 births 1959 deaths New Zealand drapers New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire