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BAUGHEN, Herbert Edward
(Service number 64192)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	30/04/1889	Place of Birth	Geraldine

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Foxton
Occupation	Telegraphist
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	H. BAUGHEN (brother), C/o A. J. Lambert, St Clair, Dunedin
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	34th Reinforcements, Specialist Company
Date	8 February 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
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Discharge

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Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Postmaster

Death

Date	9 October 1945	Age	56 years
Place of Death	Waikanae
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waikanae Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Block 2, Plot 84
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Herbert Edward Baughen was the son of Henry Baughen and his second wife, Mary née Harrison. He was a telegraphist at the Foxton Post Office when he enlisted. His mother died in 1908, his father in 1921, both at Geraldine. Herbert married Beryl Viola Fraser in 1920 at Foxton.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [24 November 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [24 November 2019]; Waikane Cemetery headstone transcription & burial record [24 November 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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