Walter John Eric BAKEN

Regimental number9/110
AddressGore
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Robert Baker, Waipahi
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row V, Grave No 2), France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Robert and Helen Baken, Gore, Southland. Native of Invercargill
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body

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