Walter Forbes BAKER

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BAKER, Walter Forbes

Service Number:	795
Enlisted:	19 January 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bordertown, South Australia, 16 January 1890
Home Town:	Bordertown, Tatiara, South Australia
Schooling:	Bordertown State School
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Died of wounds (GSW abdomen), Ploegsteert, Belgium, France, 1 February 1917, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 9. Also panel 130 at the AWM, Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Hill War Memorial

World War 1 Service

19 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
27 May 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 795, 39th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
27 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 795, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
23 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 795, 39th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Born
SA Birth Record

Father Walter John Baker and Mother Adelaide Marie Baker (nee Forbes), c/o Kadina, SA.
9/11/1922 mother passed away.

Siblings:

Eldest brother: P Baker, Bordertown, SA (31/10/1922 noted had passed away)

Brother:           #1936 Private George Forbes BAKER (b. 18/3/1881 Mt Gambier - d. ____)
                       (SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 257 Page: 203 District: Gre.)
                       12th Field Artillery Brigade
                       returned to Australia, 28/3/1919

Brother: Alan Forbes (b. 26/8/1884 - d. _____)
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 334 Page: 388 District: Gre.)

Sister: Adelaide Forbes Baker (b. 6/3/1887 Bordertown SA - d. ____)
(SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 599 Page: 356 District: Wel.)

Last lived at Tyntynder South, via Swan Hill, Victoria

Described on enlisting as 26 years old; single; 5' 3.5" tall; 123 lbs; dark complexion;
brown eyes; black hair; Church of England.

19/1/1916 Enlisted in Melbourne
Completed medical - fit for service

225/1916 Commanding Officer appointed Walter to C Company, 39th Battalion
Ballarat Camp

27/5/1916 Embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Ascanius A11
as a Corporal with the 39th Battalion, 10th Infantry Brigade

18/7/1916 disembarked into Davenport, England
commenced 4 months training

23/11/1916 Proceeded overseas to France, ex Southampton, England

9/12/1916 moved into the trenches of the Western Front for the first time
just in time for the onset of the terrible winter of 1916-17.

10/1/1917 Appointed Lance Corporal

31/1/1917 Gun shot wound to abdomen wounded in action near Armentieres, France

1/2/1917 He died of his wounds
in the No. 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France (28 years old).

buried in: Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.
Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 9

Medals:
British War Medal (39666), Victory Medal (39282) ;
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (315410).

1922 both parents had passed away.

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 13/11/2014. Lest we forget.

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