Thomas BAKER

BAKER, Thomas

    Service Number: 2732
    Enlisted: 19 September 1916, Showground Camp, Sydney
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 25 November 1898
    Home Town: Campsie, Canterbury, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bricklayer
    Died: Natural causes, Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, 5 September 1962, aged 63 years
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
    Cremated
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2732, 37th Infantry Battalion, Showground Camp, Sydney
    9 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 2732, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
    9 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 2732, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
    23 Apr 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2732, 37th Infantry Battalion, GSW left hand and gassed
    7 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2732, 37th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW left hand
    10 Feb 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2732, 37th Infantry Battalion, Abrasions face and chest
    10 Aug 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 37th Infantry Battalion
    29 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2732, 37th Infantry Battalion, Breaching the Hindenburg Line - Cambrai / St Quentin Canal, Gassed
    15 Nov 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion
    27 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2732, 8th Infantry Battalion

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