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Charles Rees Baker

  • Service number
    21902 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Rap Public - Hannah - Other relative - 31 July 2018 - Family Papers, His son who is my Grandfather
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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newspaper clipping, lists wife as Winifred, and family members. Note - the service number matches this listing on online cenotaph. Date of death: Saturday, March 21, 1987, Waitara, NZ.

Deaths Baker, Charles Rees (Rap) (Regtl No 21902)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Rees AWMM
  • Surname
    Baker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Rap Public - Hannah - Other relative - 31 July 2018 - Family Papers, His son who is my Grandfather
  • Service number
    21902 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Ngati Mutanga Public - Hannah - Other relative - 31 July 2018 - Family Papers, My 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
    Unknown AWMM Waitoitoi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr George Baker (father), Waitoitoi, New Zealand AWMM
    • Winifred Baker (wife) Waitara Public - Hannah - Other relative - 31 July 2018 - Family
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married Public - Hannah - Other relative - 31 July 2018 - Family

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    21902 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
31 July 2018HannahStratford, TaranakiOther relative
12 May 2015SusanGeraldine, New ZealandOther Relative

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