BAKER, Aaron James
Service Number: | 853 |
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Enlisted: | 27 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1869 |
Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Bronchiectasis Chronic Myocarditis, Wagga Wagga, 1934 |
Cemetery: |
Wagga Wagga General (Monumental) Cemetery |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
27 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 853, Liverpool, NSW | |
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9 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 853, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
9 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 853, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
25 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 853 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Aaron James BAKER was born in Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga in 1869
His parents were Aaron BAKER & Hannah POWER who married in Wagga Wagga in 1864
He married Margaret ROSS in 1909
He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 27th January 1915 and embarked from Sydney with the 7th Light Horse Regiment, 4th reinforcement on the HMAT Argyllshire on 9th April, 1915 - he was discharged on 25th June 1919
Aaron died from Illness in 1934 and is buried in the Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery