BAKER, Ernest Martin
Service Number: | 2029 |
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Enlisted: | 4 July 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Port Wakefield, South Australia, 10 March 1896 |
Home Town: | Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 27 February 1917, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row F, Grave 16 Personal Inscription ONE THING DEATH CANNOT SEVER LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE LAST FOR EVER , Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balaklava Port Wakefield St Albans Church Roll of Honour, Port Wakefield Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
4 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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28 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2029, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
28 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2029, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
27 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2029, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2029 awm_unit: 37th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-27 |
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3 May 1916 – Parent sign letter of consent for to serve overseas
43 Battalion
Rank – Private
11 November 1916 – Transferred to the 37 Battalion
28 February 1917 – Wounded in action. Gunshot wound to the chest
15 April 1918 – Mother writes to Army asking for her son’s belongings
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Ernest Albert and Alice Edith Baker (nee Wyatt) of Kadina previously of Port Wakefield