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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private Frank Bower Baine |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Frank Bower |
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| Surname: |
Baine |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
12/2206 |
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| Date of Birth: |
4 October 1894 |
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| Place of Birth: |
Te Aroha, New Zealand |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Driver |
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| Next of Kin: |
P. Baine (father), Te Aroha, Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Te Aroha, New Zealand |
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| Physical Description: |
- Height: 5 feet 8 inches
- Weight: 142 pounds
- Eye colour: Grey
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| Enlistment Date: |
16 February 1915 |
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| Age on Enlistment: |
21 |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
4th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Auckland Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
17 April 1915 |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo |
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| Destination: |
Suez,Egypt (25 May 1915) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
28 |
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| Other Units: |
6 (Hauraki) Company |
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| Military Training: |
Registered at Te Kuiti under the Defence Act 1909 for compulsory military training |
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| Campaigns: |
Gallipoli |
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| Military Awards: |
- 1914-15 Star
- British War Medal
- Victory Medal
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
8 August 1915 |
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| Age at Death: |
19 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Memorial Reference: |
Panel 9 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Private Baine's military record shows him as missing early after his arrival at Gallipoli. Two days later he is reported as safe and back at his unit. This occurred about three months before his missing in action report. Probably separated during a night patrol.
- Son of Peter and Miriam Baine, of Te Aroha
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Additional Information: |
- In 1909 the New Zealand government passed the 1909 Defence Act which created a territorial force recruited from Compulsory Military Training. The purpose was to have a body of men already trained in the event of defence of the country.
- When Britain declared war on Germany NZ offered the British government an Expeditionary Force. Volunteers were called for from the Territorials. These volunteers were sent to camps at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin for training.
- On 8 August 1915 New Zealand units led by Lt. Colonel Malone and his Wellington Regiment captured Chunuk Bair. Taking Chunuk Bair was the high point of the campaign for the New Zealanders. On 10 August, however , it was re-taken by the Turks. Like other actions in the general attack, the Chunuk Bair assault was a costly failure. (Source: New Zealanders At War by Michael King, page 127)
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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