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Edmund Graham Baskett

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Portrait of Captain Edmund Graham Baskett. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond of Sacrifice' collection. ©IWM HU 113459

Portrait of Captain Edmund Graham Baskett. Image sourced from Imperial War Museums' 'Bond of Sacrifi …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edmund Graham AWMM
  • Surname
    Baskett AWMM
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  • Also known as
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Suffolk, England Public Source (April 2016).
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1915 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
    Husband of Dorothy Mary (nee Cuthbert) Baskett. AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
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  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of the late Nathaniel and Agnes Baskett, of Cambridge, New Zealand, formerly of Eye, Suffolk; husband of Dorothy Mary Baskett, of "Stapleton," Bury Rd., Newmarket.

    Grew up in Te Aroha, attended Karangahake School of Mines, worked as Battery Hand, Waihi Battery c.1906. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 October 1918 CWGC
    Age 35 AWMM
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  • Age at death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Lokoja, General Murtala Mohammed Way, Kabba, Nigeria AWMM In south-west corner AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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