Gerald Douglas BAKER

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BAKER, Gerald Douglas

Service Number:	4731
Enlisted:	10 December 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 April 1892
Home Town:	Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling:	Grange Prepartory School, Church of England Grammar School, Melbourne, Victoria
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Illness (Heat stroke), Egypt, 16 May 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Grave 33
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4731, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
14 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4731, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
14 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4731, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
Date unknown:	Involvement 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Gerald Thomas and Katie Georgine Baker, of "Quat Quatta," Glen Eira Rd., Elstermouth, Victoria, Australia.

Gerald entered the Bank of NSW on 11th April 1909 joining the branch at Flinders Street West. In December 1911 he was transferred to Kyneton, and then to Ballarat a year later. He went on to Albury in 1913 and became a teller at that branch in April 1914.

Enlisting on 10th December 1915, he had only been in Egypt a few months when he succumbed to heat stoke and died at Tel-al-Kebir 16 May 1916.

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