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BAKER, Thomas Alfred
Service Numbers: | 1017A, 1017 |
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Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 15th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Port Wakefield, South Australia, 6 September 1887 |
Home Town: | Port Wakefield, Wakefield, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Daw Park, South Australia, 7 October 1948, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: Kendrew Oval, Row 17, Site 18 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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24 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1017A, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
24 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1017A, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide | |
11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1017, 15th Light Horse Regiment |
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9 Light Horse
Rank - Sergeant
18 October 1915 - Wounded in action. Gunshote wounds to arm and side
1 July 1918 - Transferred back to Light Horse from Camel Corps
10 April 1919 Returned to Australia on board HMAT Wandilla
Medals; 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of Albert John and Emily Baker of Port Wakefield, later Port Pirie.