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Otto Bay

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 19 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 24), Page: 19 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Otto AWMM
  • Surname
    Bay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 26/708 AWMM
    • WWII NZ411568 AWMM
    • WWII 411568 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 April 1892 AWMM Raglan, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
    1892 Public - Roger - Direct descendant - 21 November 2015 - Bay Family History
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    2nd Child of nine to Anna Swann Public - Roger - Direct descendant - 21 November 2015 - Bay Family History
  • Address before enlistment
    Pakawau, Golden Bay Public - Roger - Direct descendant - 21 November 2015 - Bay Family History
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Roger - Direct descendant - 21 November 2015 - Bay Family history
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 A. Bay (father), Trafalgar Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Daughter: Mrs E. Scrimgeour, Pakawau, Collingwood AWMM
    • Karl August Bay (father) and his mother Anne Swann, the second wife of August Bay, following earlier death of Taupuru ( Ngati Te Ngu Nguru, Kawhia) 1st wife Public - Roger - Direct descendant - 21 November 2015 - Bay Family History
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Patrol man/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Otto Bay was the son of August Bay, and of Ann Bay (nee Swann), of Thames, New Zealand; husband of Francis Henrietta Bay. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    9 April 1942 AWMM
    Age 50 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wakapuaka Cemetery, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM 47. 43. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Onehunga Methodist Circuit 1915 AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 November 2015RogerRichmond NelsonDirect descendant

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