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FULL NAME: Private Douglas Patrick Gordon Cole-Baker WAR: World War I, 1914-1918 SERIAL NUMBER: 25197 PLACE OF BIRTH: Tipperary, Ireland OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT: Farmer NEXT OF KIN: 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. EMBARKATION DATE: 26 June 1916 PLACE OF EMBARKATION: Wellington, New Zealand CAMPAIGNS: France MILITARY AWARDS: Military Medal (MM) For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During the attack carried out by his Battalion on the morning of June 7th near Warneton. This soldier was performing the duties of stretcher-bearer on the above occassion. PLACE OF DEATH: Ypres, Belgium DATE OF DEATH: 4 October or 5 October 1917 AGE AT DEATH: 28 CAUSE OF DEATH : Killed in action CEMETERY NAME: Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium 
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