Wilfred John BAKER

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Service Number:	1163
Enlisted:	15 March 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dulverton, Somerset, England, 1885
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Church of England Schoo, Exton, Somerset, England
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Illness (Diphtheria), Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 20 September 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 106 Headstone inscription reads: Day by day the voice said come enter thine eternal home at rest, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1163, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1163, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1163, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Arrived in Australia aged 26 years

Son of John and Elizabeth Baker of Brushford, Dulverton, Somerset, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Meal