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Colin Roy Baker

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Gravestone, Botley Cemetery (photograph Gabrielle Fortune 2006) - Image has All Rights Reserved
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin Roy AWMM
  • Surname
    Baker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ42999 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 July 1922 AWMM Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    WW2 7 February 1942 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Colin Baker was the son of Stanley Roy and Kathlyn Ada Baker, of Palmerston North, Wellington. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    16 April 1945 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    [United Kingdom], Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Botley Cemetery, North Hinksey Lane, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England AWMM Plot H/1. Grave 199. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
    http://www.cwgc.org
    Sources Used
  • Documents
    Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
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