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BAKER, Harold Horatio Roberts
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 372 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hay, Breconshire, Wales, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Hay Council School; Hampton Grammar School, Wales |
| Occupation: | Bookkeeper/Clerk |
| Died: | Wounds, Gallipoli, 10 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lancashire Landing Cemetery Row E, Grave 43 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 372, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 372, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 372, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 372 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-10 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 28 and the brother of Susannah Dorothy Pugh, of Church Terrace, Hay.
Birth registered as Horatio.
Births Sep 1888 BAKER Horatio Harold R Hay 11b 126.
He is one of two Australian soldier casualties of the Great War remembered on the Hay War Memorial.
Biography
Arrived in Australia aged 25 years
Son of Joseph and Susannah Baker, Hay, Hereford, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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