John Henry BAKER

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Service Number:	1002
Enlisted:	22 February 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 June 1917
Cemetery:	Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium II. E. 9.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murwillumbah War Memorial, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1
18 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1002, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1002, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney
27 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 1002, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1002 awm_unit: 3 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-27

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