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BAKER, Horace Morgan
Personal Details
Service Number: | Officer |
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Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Adelaide |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 1st Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Leicester, England, 1876 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Oakham School, Philadelphia Uni, US & Sydney Uni |
Occupation: | Veterinary Officer |
Died: | Illness (Pneumonia), France, 11 April 1916 |
Cemetery: |
Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles, France Plot IV, Row A, grave 26 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Adelaide | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Saldanha embarkation_ship_number: A12 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters, HMAT Saldanha, Adelaide | |
11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Captain, Officer, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-04-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Horace Morgan BAKER was born in Leicester, England in 1876
His parents were Joseph Henry BAKER & Louisa Jane FIRTH who married in Leicester, UK in 1875
He married Fannie Letitia ROWLANDSON in Adelaide, South Australia in 1913