George Baker

Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Baker AWMM

Service number

WWI 34317 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

10 Sept 1892 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 22 Aug 1916 AWMM Taneatua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs R. Brown (mother), Manawaru, Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 02 Jan 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 34317 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 22 Aug 1916 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 8 inches AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

George Baker was the son of Mrs. R. Brown (formerly Baker), of 7, Fenton St., Stratford, New Plymouth.

Memorial plaque offered for sale on Trademe November 2009

Next of Kin: Mrs R. Brown, Manawaru, Te Aroha (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

4 Oct 1917 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Memorial name

• Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 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

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272134
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/847240/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/847240
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 7
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.