Ernest Martin BAKER

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Service Number:	2029
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

4 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2029, 43rd Infantry Battalion
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

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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