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Reginald Henry Baigent

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reginald Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Baigent AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 1408 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 July 1892 AWMM Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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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
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Only son of Mary Ann Baigent and Albert Henry Baigent. Grandson of Henry Baigent.

    Husband of Elizabeth Guthrie Baigent (nee Peters).

    Educated at Nelson College.

    Certified 2nd Mate, Wellington December 1912. Certified 1st Mate October 1914. Resigned from the Union Steamship Company 1915.

    Served on submarines.

    Navigational officer on two submarines 1916-1918, born Nelson 31/7/1892 HMS MAIDSTONE on 15th Sep 1916, HMS E32 (Navigating officer) on 21st Sep 1916 & HMS L10 (Navigating Officer) on 1st Jun 1918 AWMM
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Death

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