Frank Bower Baine
Born 4 Oct 1894 - Died 8 Aug 1915
- Service number
- WWI 12/2206 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 4 Oct 1894 AWMM
- 4 Oct 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 16 Feb 1915 AWMM Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- P. Baine (father), Te Aroha, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/2206 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Registered at Te Kuiti under the Defence Act 1909 for compulsory military training AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 16 Feb 1915 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Driver/Military AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th 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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 8 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
142 pounds AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Grey AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 8" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
142 lb AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Frank Baine was the son of Peter and Miriam Baine, of Te Aroha.
Private Baine's military record shows him as missing early after his arrival at Gallipoli. Two days later he is reported as safe and back at his unit. This occurred about three months before his missing in action report. Probably separated during a night patrol.
In 1909 the New Zealand government passed the 1909 Defence Act which created a territorial force recruited from Compulsory Military Training. The purpose was to have a body of men already trained in the event of defence of the country. When Britain declared war on Germany NZ offered the British government an Expeditionary Force. Volunteers were called for from the Territorials. These volunteers weresent to camps at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin for training. On 8 August 1915 New Zealand units led by Lt. Colonel Malone and his Wellington Regiment captured Chunuk Bair. Taking Chunuk Bair was the high point of the campaign for the New Zealanders. On 10 August, however , it was re-taken by the Turks. Like other actions in the general attack, the Chunuk Bair assault was a costly failure. (Source: New Zealanders At War by Michael King, page 127)
Reported missing, 8 August 1915.
Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded 'Believed dead'.
Parents: Peter and Miriam Baine, Te Aroha
Next of Kin: Mr P. Baine, Te Aroha (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age 19 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
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Te Aroha First World War Memorial, Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272409
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679734/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679734
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 28 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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