Benjamin George BAKER

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Service Number:	477
Enlisted:	12 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 August 1897
Home Town:	Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

12 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 477, 26th Infantry Battalion
24 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 477, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 477, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
29 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 477, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Son of Benjamin William BAKER, and his wife Ann Jane (nee Mitchell) Latz, Koinet-Ellima, Lang Parade, Auchenflower, Queensland.