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Henry Baverstock

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Portrait, Henry Baverstock (49063) Auckland Weekly News - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Henry Baverstock (49063) Auckland Weekly News - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Baverstock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 49063 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 March 1884 AWMM East Tamaki, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Ruth Irene Baverstock Baverstock (wife), East Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 June 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
    Ruth Irene King AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 49063 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Broncho pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Henry Baverstock was the son of Charles Best Baverstock and Mary Baverstock; husband of Ruth Irene Baverstock, of Ohakune Junction, New Zealand.

    Next of Kin: Mrs R. J. Lambert, Ohakune Junction (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 February 1918 AWMM
    Age 34 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVII. E. 11A. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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