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BAKER, Edgar Kendall

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	21 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia , 26 December 1875
Home Town:	St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Servant
Died:	North Adelaide, South Australia, 5 April 1938, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia Path 30 north; Plot 4232-33
Memorials:	Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (1), Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Major, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Major, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, Officer, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Biography

Son of William Kendall BAKER and Harriet Ann nee CHASTON