Search results Next record Previous record English Māori James Fyfe Baker Born 18 December 1915 PDF Key details Service number7116 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW2 Captain/Military AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, James Fyfe Baker early 1942 photo taken whilst a POW by the Italians - This image may be s … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJames Fyfe AWMM SurnameBaker AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number7116 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionPresbyterian, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth18 December 1915 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 1 September 1939 AWMM 430 Castle Street, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationAccountant/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Nancy Howorth Baker (wife), 157 Victoria Street, St Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 31 March 1940 AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignNorth Africa AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number7116 AWMM Military serviceSchool Cadets AWMM Territorials AWMM 33 Transit Battalion AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Sep 1939 AWMM Age 23 AWMM Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Dunera AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM 2NZEF: 1st Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 Bel Hamid, Algeria AWMM 29 November 1941 AWMM WW2 Italy, Europe AWMM WW2 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. 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. WW2 POW - Modena, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List Days interned Liberation date Liberation RepatriationWW2 29 April 1945 AWMM POW liberation details POW serial number28532 AWMM Medical history Contribute › Medical notesDental, Unknown Period AWMM False teeth AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM Treated at No. 1 General Hospital, Alexandria for gangarine in left foot AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 8 October 1945 AWMM End of war AWMM Captain/Military AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › 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 About death Contribute › 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 Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember James Fyfe Baker by laying a poppy. James Edward Baker James Edward Baker James Fyfe Baker James George Charles Baker James Guthrie Baker Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of James Fyfe Baker Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2009-8 List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2009-8 Sources Sources Contribute › External links DocumentsMcGill, 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 Information kindly provided by family AWMM Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. 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