George Albert BAKER

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Service Number:	3574
Enlisted:	12 August 1915, Claremont, Tas.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Vaughan, Victoria, Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Castlemaine, Mount Alexander, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 11 April 1917
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 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3574, 15th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3574, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3574, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
6 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3574, 15th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
14 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 15th Infantry Battalion, France
11 Apr 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 3574, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3574 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-11

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