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BAUGHEN, Herbert Edward
(Service number 64192)

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Birth

Date 30 April 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
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Discharge

Date Reason

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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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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