Frank Brighton BAKER

BAKER, Frank Brighton

Service Number: 5342
Enlisted: 8 February 1916, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 1889
Home Town: Kurrawang, Coolgardie, Western Australia
Schooling: State School, Western Australia
Occupation: Locomotive Fireman
Died: Died of wounds , France, 27 January 1918
Cemetery: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais
Plot 11, Row D, Grave 12 Rev. Charles Hall officiated in the presence of his brother James Gordon Baker Headstone inscription reads: Son of Mr. & Mrs. J. Baker of Kurrawang so sadly missed,
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolgardie Kurrawang Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Joseph Baker and Sarah Jane Baker nee Westrop of Kurrawang, WA. Brother of James Gordon Baker who returned to Australia on 1 June 1919 and served with the haaving served with the 11th Battalion. James carried the wounded Frank from the battlefield to the Casualty Clearing Station

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal