Whare Baker

Title

Private

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Forenames

Whare AWMM

Surname

Baker AWMM

Also known as

Te Whare BAKER

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Service number

WWI 16/524 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

7 Jun 1887 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Birth notes

son Jack Lionel Baker and Heni Urupa Morete

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Jack Baker, Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/524 AWMM

Military service

Jan 1915-Aug 1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # (unable to read number)

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 11 Jan 1915 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

27yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for C T Baker, Gisborne

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  6' 2" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  190 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Death

21 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

Amongst the members of the Maori Contingent, recently reported killed in action were Whare Baker, of Waipiro Bav, Rawiri Taewa. of Tuparoa, and Hauraki Waiti, of Waipiro Bay, whilst Hori N. Te Awarau, who died of pneumonia, also belonged to Waipiro Bay. Private George Morgan, wounded, is a relative of Mrs Raiha Morgan, of Gisborne

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Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

• Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272230
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130575.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1739182/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1739182
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 30
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.