BAKER, Owen Wallace
Service Number: | 1867 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | St Marys, New South Wales, October 1894 |
Home Town: | Rooty Hill, Blacktown, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 July 1917 |
Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blacktown War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1867, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1867, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
29 Jul 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1867, 34th Infantry Battalion, Warneton, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1867 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-29 |
Owen Baker
*When Owen Wallace Baker enlisted, Private Baker lived at 'Chatsworth' Rooty Hill
*Private Baker was educated at the Neutral Bay Preparatory collage
*Owen Wallace baker's father was Thomas Baker
*Owen Wallace Baker did not receive any military awards
*Owen Wallace Baker's occupation before the war was a mechanical engineer
*Owen Wallace Baker enlisted at the Blacktown Shire Hall
*Owen Wallace Baker enlisted on the 22nd March 1916
*Owen Wallace Baker enlisted at the age of 21
Submitted 30 November 2016 by Cheryl Kersivien