Private

Douglas Patrick Gordon Cole-Baker

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mary Rachel Cole-Baker, of "Haunui," Onewhero, Tuakau, Auckland, New Zealand, and the late Mortimer O'Sullivan Cole-Baker. Native of Tipperary, Ireland. A landowner in New Zealand for 10 years.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
25197
Name:
Douglas Patrick Gordon Cole-Baker
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Place of Birth: 
Tipperary, Ireland
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M.R. Cole-Baker (mother), Onewhero, Tuakau, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Farmer
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
04 October 1917
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
26 June 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 56
HMNZT 57
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination:
Devonport, England

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. D. 7.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Douglas Patrick Gordon Cole-Baker
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