BAKER, Percy
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 1 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | England, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rector St. Peter's Rectory, Forbes Street, Sydney NSW |
| Died: | Roseville, NSW, 16 February 1944, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Dec 1915: | Enlisted | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
Marriage of Rev. Percy Baker
The marriage of Miss Alice Gertrude Stephen, daughter of Mrs. C. B. Stephen, late of Ardenbraught, Point Piper, and now of Craignish, Macquarie-street, with Captain Chaplain Rev. Percy Baker, took place in St.Andrew's Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon. Captain-Chaplain Rev. F. Tugwell attended as best man, and Miss Margaret Tooth was bridesmaid. Mrs. C. B. Stephen entertained the guests at Craignish after the ceremony, The bridegroom will return to the front shortly.
Sunday Times Sunday 13 May 1917 page 25
Submitted 12 October 2015 by Faithe Jones
Former AIF Chaplain
Rev. Percy Baker, M.A., a former chaplain of the A.I.F., preaching at the Pymble Church of England recently, made a special plea for unemployed ex-service men, "who, through no fault of their own, now find that Australia, for whom they freely offered all they had, all they were, and all they hoped to have, has no place for them in her economic life. Many splendid returned men, disconsolate and discouraged, with spirit broken by undeserved distress, think wistfully of their fallen comrades and wish they, too, had never'returned."
The living have no Cenotaph,
Nor crosses, row on row!
Scars of body, mind, and soul Are all they have to show;
Yet for them the battle flags.
Never have .been unfurled;
Workless men and starving men,
Loveless, lost, forgotten men,
Men who saved a world !
Glen Innes Examiner Saturday 23 June 1934 page 5
Submitted 12 October 2015 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
The marriage of Miss Alice Gertrude Stephen, daughter of Mrs. C. B. Stephen, late of Ardenbraught, Point Piper, and now of Craignish, Macquarie-street, with Captain Chaplain Rev. Percy Baker, took place in St.Andrew's Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon. Captain-Chaplain Rev. F. Tugwell attended as best man, and Miss Margaret Tooth was bridesmaid. Mrs. C. B. Stephen entertained the guests at Craignish after the ceremony, The bridegroom will return to the front shortly.
Sunday Times Sunday 13 May 1917 page 25
Rev. Percy Baker, M.A., a former chaplain of the A.I.F., preaching at the Pymble Church of England recently, made a special plea for unemployed ex-service men, "who, through no fault of their own, now find that Australia, for whom they freely offered all they had, all they were, and all they hoped to have, has no place for them in her economic life. Many splendid returned men, disconsolate and discouraged, with spirit broken by undeserved distress, think wistfully of their fallen comrades and wish they, too, had never returned."
The living have no Cenotaph,
Nor crosses, row on row!
Scars of body, mind, and soul Are all they have to show;
Yet for them the battle flags.
Never have been unfurled;
Workless men and starving men,
Loveless, lost, forgotten men,
Men who saved a world !
Glen Innes Examiner Saturday 23 June 1934 page 5
Biography
Church of England Clerk in Holy Orders
Chaplain 4th Class
Son of Horace BAKER and Heniretta nee PENGILY
Resided St. Peter's Rectory, Forbes Street, Sydney, NSW