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Francis Nedrick Baxter

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Private Ned Baxter

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Nedrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Baxter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Nedric Francis Baxter AWMM
  • Service number
    21157 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 April 1915 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 11 January 1940 AWMM 79 Royal Terrace, Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Postal Worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Ethel Ada Baxter (mother), 79 Royal Terrace, Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 May 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 11 January 1940 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 7 1/2 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Green AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      10 stone 8 pounds AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Listed as Nedric Francis Baxter on the Nominal Rolls AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    28 September 1988 AWMM
    Age 73 AWMM
    Levin, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    The Avenue Cemetery, Avenue North Road, Levin, New Zealand AWMM Ashes RSA Section. Row 12. Plot 117A AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notices: Dominion, Southland Times, Levin Chronicle, Otago Daily Times 29 September 1988 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Horowhenua District Council. Cemetery database
    http://www.library.org.nz/resources/cemetery/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 15 AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death notices: Dominion, Southland Times, Levin Chronicle, Otago Daily Times 29 September 1988 AWMM

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