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BAKE, Hugh Ernest Lee
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1656 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Kensington, West London., 1897 |
| Home Town: | Swan Hill, Swan Hill, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sidcup Homes School pupil (The Hollies) |
| Occupation: | farm worker in Australia. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Hill War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1656, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1656, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1897 Bake Hugh Ernest L Kensington 1a 107.
He was 20 and the son of Thomas Henry Lee Bake and Dorothy Emma Mary Bake.
Enlistment date-21 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-26 January 1916
Place of enlistment-Melbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment-Sapper
Unit name
2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number-14/14/3
Embarkation details-Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 8 April 1916