Percy Coombs BAKER

Regimental number1/96
Place of birthWellington
Address7 Arlington Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMrs Read, 62 Austin Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameSamoan Advance Party, 5th Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 August 1914
A Company, 5th Regiment, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 1 'Moeraki' and HMNZT 2 'Monowai'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determione on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitSamoan Advance Party, Samoan Relief Force
FateDied of disease 10 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialKarori Cemetery, Wellington
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frances Ann Reid Baker, and the late Edward James Baker
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: A Company 5th Regiment/Samoan Adv

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