Identity
Title
Forenames
James Fyfe AWMM
Surname
Baker AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
7116 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Pre 1 September 1939 AWMM 430 Castle Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mrs Nancy Howorth Baker (wife), 157 Victoria Street, St Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 31 March 1940
AWMM Married AWMM
Service
Capture details
- WW2 POW - Poppi AWMM
Bel Hamid, Algeria AWMM
29 November 1941 AWMM - WW2 POW - P.G. 47 Modena, Italy AWMM
Italy, Europe AWMM - WW2 POW - Oflag VA, Weinsberg Germany AWMM
Germany, Europe AWMM - WW2
13 December 1941 AWMM - WW2 POW - Oflag 5A, Weinberg (Wurtemburg), Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
WW2 29 April 1945 AWMM
POW liberation details
POW serial number
28532 AWMM
Medical notes
- Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
False teeth AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Treated at No. 1 General Hospital, Alexandria for gangarine in left foot AWMM
Biographical information
Commenting on the photograph taken early in 1942 by the Italians, Mr Baker wrote 'I had just completed a Desert Campaign and transportation across the Mediterranean by Italian submarine so look fairly relaxed.'
Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999. Date of capture listed as 13 December 1942 in the List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. AWMM
Death
Death
Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
Memorial name
Memorial reference
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Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- McGill, D. (1987). P.O.W. : the untold stories of New Zealanders as prisoners of war. Lower Hutt, N.Z.: Mills Publications. AWMM
- Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
WW2 1: WW2 12 AWMM - List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
- Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
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