Robert William BAKER

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Service Number:	3694
Enlisted:	30 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
Born:	Forest Hill, Kent, England, 14 April 1895
Home Town:	Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tyre Fitter
Died:	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1970, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 3, QE352
Memorials:

30 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3694
11 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3694, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
11 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3694, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney
19 Aug 1916:	Wounded Private, 3694, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), Wounds sustained from artillery shell, France Scalp, Left Shoulder, Right Leg (Severe)
23 Jun 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, 3694, Medical discharge due to wounds received in France. Permanent & total disability.

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Family oral history records that he was a stretcher bearer in the 1st Batallion AIF and was wounded in no man's land at Mouquet Farm.

After several hospitalisations he returned to Austalia aboud H.T. Benalla and discharged in 1917.

He married Valerie May Gibbs on 19 Jan 1924 and they had one daughter Barbara Jean Baker.

He later had a part-time job as caretaker at Willoughby Girls School in North Sydney.

He died aged 75 on 23 July 1970.

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