English Māori Claude Hern Baigent Born 24 September 1912 - Died 29 August 1963 PDF Key details Service number391517 AWMM 4215169 AWMM Also known asClaude Hereward Hern Baigent AWMM Jim AWMM Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Last rankWW2 Flying Officer (Navigator)/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 6 Squadron AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Identity card photograph (B 6554) for RNZAF and WAAF personnel (all ranks), issued to P/O … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesClaude Hern AWMM SurnameBaigent AWMM Ingoa Also known asClaude Hereward Hern Baigent AWMM Jim AWMM Service number391517 AWMM 4215169 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionChurch of England, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth24 September 1912 AWMM Kaponga, Taranaki AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 24 November 1939 AWMM RD, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationFarmer/Civilian AWMM Chartered Accountant/Civilian AWMM Aviator AWMM Agricultural Contractor/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs M.A. Baigent (wife), RD, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 1943 AWMM Married AWMM Married, 1 child AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignPacific AWMM Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Service number391517 AWMM 4215169 AWMM Military serviceCadets (5 years) AWMM Territorials (3 years) AWMM No. 3 Operational Training Unit (Fiji) AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsDefence Medal AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military trainingNo. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM No. 7 Air Observers School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada (July - December, 1943) AWMM RCAF, 7 Air Observer School, Portage La Prairie, Manitoba Base Record Course 1: Class 81 N2. Graduation Date: 10/12/1943. AWMM RCAF, 1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba Base Record Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 24 November 1939 AWMM Age 27 AWMM Chartered Accountant/Civilian AWMM WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Aeroplane (RNZAF Aircraft) AWMM Aircraftman Class 2/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 5 feet 8 3/4 inches AWMM Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM Medium AWMM Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM Blue AWMM Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM Fair AWMM Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM Died Coronary Occlusion AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 1 September 1944 AWMM Appointed to General Reserve, Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM Flying Officer (Navigator)/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 6 Squadron AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Amelia Bertha Baigent and Leon Hern Baigent.Returned to Gisborne in 1944, where he worked as an accountant and farmer while also running an agricultural contracting business.Later moved to New Plymouth, where he worked as an accountant with Ivon Watkins.Obtained a commercial pilot's licence in the 1950s and became Chief Flying Instructor at the New Plymouth Aero Club. Baigent also operated his own aerial topdressing and spraying company, McReady/Baigent Aviation.Baigent later moved into dairy farming.In 1963 he moved to Auckland and started a photographic studio on the North Shore. Baigent died suddenly later that same year.The Auckland Museum's manuscripts collection holds copies of Baigent's RNZAF identity card, Air Observers School graduation dinner menu, and several photographs (MS 2006/28).Listed by BDM as Claude Hereward Hern Baigent AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death29 August 1963 AWMM Age 51 AWMM Belmont, Auckland AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of Disease AWMM Death notes CemeteryBirkenhead-Glenfield Cemetery, corner Eskdale and Glenfield Roads, Birkenhead, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Public Lawn Row P Plot 67 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryDeath notice: New Zealand Herald, September, 1963 AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameMemorial paver, NZ Quadrant of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Claude Hern Baigent by laying a poppy. Arthur Thompson Baigent Ashley Heath Baigent Claude Hern Baigent Clifton Hillier Baigent Cyril Austin Baigent Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Claude Hern Baigent Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksAuckland Council. North burial and cremation records search http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/northburialcremationrecords.aspx Sources Used Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used DocumentsInformation kindly provided by family AWMM Military Service Record AWMM Baigent, Claude Hern. Papers relating to war service, 1943-1944. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2006/28. AWMM Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM The New Zealand Herald AWMM Death notice: September, 1963 AWMM This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
