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James Baxter

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Baxter AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 66599 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Durham, England AWMM
    Durham, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 15 November 1917 AWMM C/o Union Steamship Company, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 66599 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 15 November 1917 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Chef/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      148 pounds AWMM
    • Other, Unknown Period AWMM
      Flat feet; severe varicose AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Black AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Called up for duty at Featherston Camp March 1918

    Listed as Reserves by New Zealand World War I service personnel and reserves index [electronic resource]. (2002). Other military service papers are found attached to the file for Islay Whittington Baxter (23/66) AWMM

Death

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  • 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

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