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William Richard Baker

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Grandad on his wedding day to nana Margaret(peggy) Baker with great grandson Hunter

Grandad(william)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Baker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    21489 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
    Unknown AWMM C/o Mr Hutchinson, Pukemiro Junction, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr R.J. Baker (brother), C/o Post Office, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 May 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    21489 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Margaret: Father of Shirley, Margaret, Linda, Billy

    Service: Huntly AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 December 2013 AWMM
    Age 94 AWMM
    Huntly, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Huntly (Kimihia) Public Cemetery, 14 Great South Road, Huntly, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Love you Grandad.
    Always thinking of you and miss you very very much 😪❤
    Public - Victoria - Other relative - 24 April 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • 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
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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