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Ralph John Baker

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph John AWMM
  • Surname
    Baker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 22594 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Mihi Camp, Reporoa, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Miss K. Baker (sister), 37 Birch Street, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece AWMM
      1941 AWMM
      Circumstances leading to capture unknown AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Salonike, Greece - VIII-B Lamsdorf, 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
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 21828 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Noreen; father of Dianne, Allan. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 February 2010 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 1 March 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • I'm positive you are my great Uncle, I am the granddaughter of William Bill Baker( your brother) Unfortunately I never got to meet you, but I'm looking for lost family and I'm glad I found you I'm just sorry it was to late RIP 💞❤
    Public - Victoria - Direct descendant - 31 October 2019
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  • Much loved Great Uncle of Melinda, Mathew and Angeline - you were like a Granddad to us, will always be grateful for all you did for our family. In our hearts forever. Thank you for sharing your stories with us. Xo
    Public - Melinda - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

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  • References
    • 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 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
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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31 October 2019Victoria Tauranga BOPDirect descendant
25 April 2015MelindaAuckland, NZOther Relative

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