Thomas Alfred BAKER

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Service Numbers:	1017A, 1017
Enlisted:	12 January 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	15th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Port Wakefield, South Australia, 6 September 1887
Home Town:	Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Daw Park, South Australia, 7 October 1948, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: Kendrew Oval, Row 17, Site 18
Memorials:

12 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
24 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1017A, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: ''
24 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1017A, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1017, 15th Light Horse Regiment

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9 Light Horse

Rank - Sergeant

18 October 1915 - Wounded in action. Gunshote wounds to arm and side

1 July 1918 - Transferred back to Light Horse from Camel Corps

10 April 1919 Returned to Australia on board HMAT Wandilla

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

Son of Albert John and Emily Baker of Port Wakefield, later Port Pirie.

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