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Cenotaph record

Eldson Gowland Baigent

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  • Service number
    Jayforce 545467 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eldson Gowland AWMM
  • Surname
    Baigent AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 545467 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 June 1910 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o H. McDonald, Amberley, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs I.P. Baigent (wife), 246 Woodham Road, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1945 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Jayforce, 1945-1948 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce 545467 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Cecilia Baigent and Charles Arthur Baigent. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1988 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
    https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 15: WW2 9 AWMM

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