William Albert BAKER

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BAKER, William Albert

Service Number:	835
Enlisted:	13 November 1914
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bakers Creek, South Australia, Australia, 15 December 1880
Home Town:	Kangarilla, Onkaparinga, South Australia
Schooling:	Seaview Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 28 November 1915, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Plot 1, Row A, Grave 12 Chaplain Rev. C.O. Cogan officiated Headstone inscription reads: Brother Bill a sniping fell we miss him still we ever will,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangarilla War Memorial

World War 1 Service

13 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 835, 9th Light Horse Regiment
13 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 835, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
13 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 835, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
28 Nov 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 835, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 835 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-11-28

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Brother of Thomas William Baker, Frederick Allen Baker, Matilda Emily Baker, Edward James Baker, Mary Ann Baker and Alice Sophia Baker

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

AWM Summary

Private William Albert Baker, 9th Light Horse Regiment, 4th Reinforcement from Gawler, SA.
A 34 year old labourer who enlisted #OTD in 1914.
He embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Wiltshire on 13 April 1915.

Arrived at Gallipoli on 16 May 1915. Admitted to Casualty Clearing Station and evacuated on 19 August 1915 suffering from diarrhoea. Admitted to No 1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital, Port Said, 24 August 1915 (debility after diarrhoea).

On 13 September 1915 medical records state that he was still 'very pale and debilitated' and suffering from anaemia; but was discharged to duty on 8 October 1915.

He embarked Alexandria for the front on 18 October 1915 and rejoined his unit at Gallipoli.

He was killed in action on 28 November 1915 by a gunshot wound to the head and is buried in Embarkation Pier Cemetery.

Biography

Son of Thomas Allen BAKER and Matilda nee FRY

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