BAKER, Leslie Frederick
| Service Number: | 4981 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | 23 October 1939, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cessnock Cemetery, New South Wales Plot:Anglican, Section: 8, Row: 8, Lot: 78 |
| Memorials: | Wagga Wagga Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 4981, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 4981, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4981, Discharged at Melbourne (termination of period of enlistment), |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Died aged 41. His brother Private Thomas Norman BAKER, Service Number 1623 of the 53rd Bn, was killed in action, 19 July 1916.
Mother, Mrs Ellen Catherine Baker, Beckwith Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Father-Thomas.
Wife: Mary Isabel BAKER [Myrtle?]
War service: Western Front
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-16 April 1917
Place of enlistment-Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment-Private
Unit name 30th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/47/4
Age at embarkation-19
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 10th/11th May 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll-Private
Unit from Nominal Roll INF30REIN14
Disembarked Devonport, 20 July 1917, and marched into 8th Training Bn, Hurdcott, the same day.
Marched into 14th Training Bn, Codford, 5 November 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 14 November 1917; marched into 5th Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 15 November 1917.
Proceeded to unit, 19 November 1917; taken on strength of 30th Bn, 29 November 1917.
Admitted to No 8 Australian Field Ambulance, 29 January 1918 (acute rheumatism); transferred to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 29 January 1918; to England, 6 February 1918; to Graylingwell War Hospital, Chichester, 6 February 1918; to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 13 February 1918; discharged, 13 February 1918, and marched into No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 15 March 1918.
Marched into Overseas Training Depot, Longbridge Deverill, 18 May 1918.
Proceeded overseas to France, 12 June 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Le Havre, 13 June 1918.
Proceeded to unit, 17 June 1918; rejoined 30th Bn, 20 June 1918.
On leave to United Kingdom, 4 February 1919; rejoined unit, 22 February 1919.
Proceeded to England for return to Australia, 5 May 1919; marched into No 5 Group, 13 May 1919.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Melbourne', 5 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 20 August 1919; discharged Melbourne (termination of period of enlistment), 20 September 1919.
Returned to Australia 5 July 1919
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