Regimental number | 44246 |
Occupation | Telegraph cadet |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs C H Baker, Woodhill |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Unit name | New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, H Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on |
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from |
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Polygon Wood Cemetery (Row G, Grave No 14), Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles Hickling Baker and Jane Francis Baker, Whangarei, Auckland, |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 17 |
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