Walter Ernest BAINES

Regimental number28268
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, C R Baines, Ormondville
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 20 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXV, Row C, Grave No 10), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Richard and Harriet Elizabeth Hannah Baines, Ormondville
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 17

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