Gunner

Walter John Eric Baken

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert and Helen Baken, of Gore, Southland, New Zealand. Native of Invercargill.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/110
Name:
Walter John Eric Baken
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Robert Baker (father), Waipahi, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Gore, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Field Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
26 August 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 5
HMNZT 9
Vessel:
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. V. 2.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Walter John Eric Baken
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