Arthur Edward BAKER

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Service Number:	46
Enlisted:	23 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Catherine Hill Bay, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Catherine Hill Bay Public School, Newcastle, New South Wales
Occupation:	Mining Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds - bomb wound causing compound fracture of the femur, Gallipoli, 10 November 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1, Row E, Grave 16 Rev. K.C. Single officiated
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Catherine Hill Bay Great War Honour Roll of Soldiers, Swansea Catherine Hill Bay Cornstalk Lodge No 226 G.U.O.F.G Roll of Honour

23 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 46, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 46, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 46, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Son of William Earsman and Mary Jane Baker of Catherine Hill Bay, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served an apprenticeship with Wallack Colliery