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BAKER, Albert Edward Wilberforce

Service Numbers:	23, S62916
Enlisted:	2 February 1915, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Area Staff
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 19 March 1892
Home Town:	Brompton, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1963, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, South Australia
Memorials:	Glandore State Wards & Orphans Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

2 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 23, 27th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 23, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 23, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide

World War 2 Service

21 Mar 1942:	Involvement Private, S62916
21 Mar 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S62916, Area Staff, Broken Hill, NSW
23 Oct 1943:	Discharged

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Wounded 23, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Albert Edward BAKER and Alice Emma BAKER nee MCKENNA