Harold Edward BAKER

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Service Number:	6233
Enlisted:	24 August 1916, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bothwell, Tas., 1896
Home Town:	Bothwell, Central Highlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	2 September 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bothwell Public Cemetery
Memorials:	Men of Bothwell Honour Roll

24 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6233, Place of enlistment - Claremont, Tasmania
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6233, Embarked on HMAT 'A59' Botanist from Melbourne on 24th August 1916, disembarking Plymouth, England on 19th October 1916.
10 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Training Battalion
21 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6233, 3rd Training Battalion
2 Jan 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
14 Jan 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6233, 12th Infantry Battalion, Injured hand, admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, 14 January 1917 (injured hand);
14 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6233, 12th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, 14 April 1917 (gun shot wound, right shoulder); admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 15 April 1917, and transferred to 9th Casualty Clearing Station; to 11th Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 19 April 1917; to England, 17 May 1917, and admitted to Southwark Military Hospital; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 29 June 1917.
16 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6233, 12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HS Kanowna from England on 16th July 1917, disembarking Melbourne 11th September 1917.
18 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6233, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged medically unfit.

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Son of George Baker of Bothwell, Tasmania.

Brother of 6234 Private George BAKER - 12th Infantry Battalion, returned to Australia 15th April 1919 (born 1890)

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