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BAKER, William Norman

Service Number:	1631
Enlisted:	10 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Baroota, South Australia , 3 April 1896
Home Town:	Mambray Creek, Mount Remarkable, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Germein War Memorial, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

10 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1631, 50th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1631, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide

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Biography

Son of William Edward BAKER and Elizabeth nee FOSTER