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BAKER, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1780 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Avoca, Tasmania, Australia, 25 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Mathinna, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Fingal State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 14 April 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No. 18. IN MEMORY OF THE DEARLY LOVED SON OF MR. & MRS. BAKER OF TASMANIA |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fingal Roll of Honour, Tasmanian Government Railways |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1780, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1780, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1780, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 14 Apr 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1780, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1780 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George served on Gallipoli from September 1915 when the 26th Battalion was first sent there. He later fought in France for two years.
His brother, 338 Pte. Bert Henry Baker, 15th Battalion AIF, died of wounds 4 July 1918, aged 24. They were the sons of George and Jane Baker, of Mathinna, Tasmania.
Just after the war it was determined that the Mathinna State School had 126 former students who had gone to the war. Of these 18 had been killed, 61wounded; 17 wounded seriously and returned. The population of Mathinna today is roughly 140 people.
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