Montrose Charles Baker
Born 25 Apr 1903 - Died 23 Apr 1945
- Service number
- 43549 AWMM
- Also known as
- Mont AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM New Zealand Army Service Corps, 4 Reserve Mechanical Transport Company AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Montrose Charles AWMM
- Surname
- Baker AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Mont AWMM
- Service number
- 43549 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 25 Apr 1903 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 26 Nov 1940 AWMM Opononi, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Ella Baker (mother), Milford, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 27 Jun 1941 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
- North Africa AWMM
- Italy AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 43549 AWMM
- Military service
- Cadets AWMM
- Territorials AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Africa Star (8th Army clasp) AWMM
- Italy Star AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Trentham Camp (entered 17 April 1941) AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 26 Nov 1940 AWMM Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Vessel was Aquitania AWMM Driver/Military AWMM New Zealand Army Service Corps, 4 Reserve Motor Transport Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 6th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Wounded 18 December 1942 AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Lance Sergeant/Military AWMM
New Zealand Army Service Corps, 4 Reserve Mechanical Transport Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Montrose Baker was the son of Francis James Baker and Ella Baker (nee Webster) of Opononi, Hokianga. He was the grandson of Josiah Austin Baker and Bridget (Isabella) Baker (nee Thompson) of Taheke, Hokianga and of John Webster and Emily Webster (nee Russell) of Opononi, Hokianga. His great-grandparents were John Baker and Eliza Baker (nee Austin) of Wellington, Somerset, England and James Thompson and Margaret Thompson (nee Ragan) of Ireland. Private James Thompson, Regimental Number 530, formerly with the 19th Regiment of Foot came to New Zealand with the Royal New Zealand Fencibles, Howick, Auckland. His other great-grandparents were Andrew Webster and Jane Webster (nee Croom), of Montrose, Scotland, and George Frederick Russell and Hautonga, of Hokianga.
His sister Carena Muriel Baker served with the Women's War Service Auxiliary in WW2
On 9 August 1941 he was promoted to Lance Corporal
On 18 December 1942 he was wounded by a landmine explosion near Nofilia
On 8 June 1943 he was promoted to Corporal
Promoted 21 September 1944 to Lance Sergeant
A Royal Message of Condolence was sent to his mother on 17 May 1945
Medals sent to Mrs Ella Baker (mother) of Opononi, Hokianga, 14 March 1950.
Copies of two letters written by Corporal Baker to his mother are held in the Museum Library. One, dated 17 March 1944, mentions the weather, spring time farming, bombing raids by the air force, food, sport (football) and picture shows. The other, dated 12 November 1942 is a Christmas/New Year greeting. It mentions food, weather and mud. A copy of a certificate issued by the Minister of Defence and two letters of sympathy on Montrose Baker's death are also in the collection. One informing Mrs Baker of the details of her son's death is from Lieutenant F.T. Crothers dated 23 April 1945, the other is from K. McK. Williams (a Stock and Sharebroker in Auckland) dated 2 May 1945. (MS 2005/30) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 23 Apr 1945 AWMM
Age 42 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM Plot V111, Row D, Grave 19 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- List of men killed in action and missing: Auckland Star 2 May 1945 AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Mech.html
Sources Used - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2206729
Sources Used
- Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs.
- References
- Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs.
Correspondence with family - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 4: WW2 20 - Armoury Cenotaph File
Armoury Military Biographies Vertical file has a laser copy of Scroll the family received and copy of the - Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs.
p.241 - Auckland Star
List of men killed in action and missing: Auckland Star 2 May 1945 - Baker, Paul F. Papers, 1919 - 1994. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2005-30.
- Information kindly provided by family
- Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs.
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