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BAKER, George Frederick
| Service Number: | 2869 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Naracoorte, South Australia, December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Mile End, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Memorials: | Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1916: | Enlisted 2869, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2869, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2869, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 6 Aug 1919: | Discharged 2869 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
George Frederick Baker was born in Naracoorte, South Australia. He had a wife named Ethel who lived at Norma street Mile End with George. He was a blacksmith and was 5 foot 2 inches tall, he weighed 112 pounds and had brown hair and grey eyes. He was a Presbyterian.
He first enlisted on 15 March 1916 in the 50th Battalion. He first embarked at the age of 21 from Adelaide, South Australia on board HMAT A19 Afric on the 7th of November 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth.
George Fredrick Baker arrived in France on the 13th of March 1917. He joined the 50th Battalion in Étaples on the 26th of March. He was evacuated on the 15th of April 1917 due to sickness. He was admitted Australian field ambulance for suspected venereal disease. He was then transferred to Eastburn Military Hospital where he was diagnosed with arsenical dermatitis. He was later transferred to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital on the 30th of August 1917. On 17th of April 1918, he was placed in the New Zealand base in Étaples. On the 8th of April 1919, he returned to England after where he was demobilized and sent back to Australia on the Port Napier. On the 6th of August, he was officially discharged from the army.