Horace Morgan BAKER

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Service Numbers:	Commissioned Officer, Officer
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	1st Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Leicester, England, 1876
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Oakham School, Philadelphia Uni, US & Sydney Uni
Occupation:	Veterinary Officer
Died:	Illness (Pneumonia), France, 11 April 1916
Cemetery:	Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France Plot IV, Row A, grave 26
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Naval Military and Air Force Club of SA Inc WW1 Honour Roll

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Adelaide
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Saldanha, Adelaide
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Captain, Officer, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-04-11

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Horace Morgan BAKER was born in Leicester, England in 1876

His parents were Joseph Henry BAKER & Louisa Jane FIRTH who married in Leicester, UK in 1875

He married Fannie Letitia ROWLANDSON in Adelaide, South Australia in 1913