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  He was a Quartermaster Serjeant in the 20th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 34 and the second son of Edmund Theophilus Baker and Emily Rose Baker.

He is remembered on their grave at Buckingham Road, Cemetery, Ilford, Essex, England.

He married Maria Annette Greenwood in Edmonton, Middlesex in 1907

Probable Birth Record:

Births Dec 1885  Baker Ernest William Romford 4a 316.

[At that date, Romford was the registration district for Ilford.]

Marriages Jun 1907   
BAKER            Ernest William Edmonton 3a 807
GREENWOOD  Maria Annette  Edmonton 3a 807
 

Births Mar 1884   Baker Ernest William Islington 1b 412

He was 34 and the son of Edmund T. and Emily Rose Baker 13 Hanley Street, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham

He was the husband of Maria Annette Baker of 6 Dundas Terrace,  Dryden Street, Nottingham, formerly of  2 West Road, Tottenham, North London, England.

Gallipoli veteran, Q.M.S. Ernest William Baker, 20th Battalion -C Company-Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F., died of wounds received earlier that day on 14th May 1918. He is buried in Querrieu British Cemetery. He had been the Chief Instructor of Cooking at the 1st Anzac Corps School from 17th July 1917; the Second Army Cookery School on 8th September 1917; returning to unit on 18th September 1917. (details courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918)

Extra Information

Nottingham Evening Post Roll of Honour 23/5/1918: 'Baker. Died of wounds received in action May 14th 1918, Ernest William, Warrant Officer Australian Forces, beloved husband of Marie Annette Baker. God's will be done.'

Age on arrival in Australia 30

Enlistment date 17 April 1915
Place of enlistment Sydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistment Private

Age at embarkation 31

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/37/1

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport Berrima on 25 June 1915.

Rank from Nominal Roll Q M S

Remembered on:

The grave of his parents at Buckingham Road Cemetery, Ilford, Essex, England. 

Nottingham - Holy Trinity Church (demolished) War Memorial as EW Baker
Nottinghamshire Australians Virtual War Memorial as Ernest William Baker
Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Square, Nottingham, was dedicated in 1841 and demolished in 1956. A stained glass window was installed in the chancel to the memory of the men connected with the parish and church who died in the war, subject 'Hope'. A brass plaque was placed beneath the window with the inscription, 'The window and a tablet in the nave were erected to the Glory of God and in ever grateful memory of those who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends, St John XV 13'. An oak tablet with the names of those who had died was installed on the east wall of the nave, 'This tablet and window in the chancel were erected to the Glory of God and in ever loving memory of those connected with the Holy Trinity Church and parish who fell in the Great War 1914-1918.' The memorials were unveiled on 12 September 1920. Nottingham Evening Post, Monday 13 September 1920: ‘Trinity Church Memorials. A memorable day was yesterday in the history of Holy Trinity Church, Nottingham, when Dr Martin Linton Smith DSO, unveiled and dedicated two windows in the chancel, one erected in memory of his father, the late Very Rev. James Alan Smith DD, Dean of St David’s and Vicar of the church from 1870 to 1884, and the other in honour of members of the congregation who fell in the war.’ (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk), The board was transferred to Holy Trinity Church, Clifton, when Nottingham Holy Trinity closed; it is not known whether the stained glass window was saved before the church was demolished.

Arrived in Australia aged 30 years

Son of Edmund T. and Emily Rose Baker; husband of Maria Annette Baker, 6 Dundas Terrace, Dryden Street, Nottingham

Served with the Naval and Military Forces from 1914 until they were disbanded then joined the AIF the following week