BAKER, Arthur Ernest Leonard
| Service Number: | 111 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cobden, Victoria, February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Larpent State School, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Farrier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cororooke Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 111, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 111, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 111, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 111 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Matthew Baker
Arthur Ernest Leonard Baker was born in Cobden, Victoria in February, 1895. Arthur was a farmer. Baker was the only child of E. Baker. Baker was of Methodist denomination.
Baker did not have any previous training or personal military service before enlisting in the AIF on the 14 of January, 1915, in Colac, Victoria. Baker embarked on the HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 10th of May, 1915. Baker started his service as a Private but was promoted to Lance Corporal later in 1916. Baker was stationed with the 22nd Battalion, A Company. Arthur Ernest Leonard Baker served in battle from 1915 to 1917 where he fought in Gallipoli and the Western Front before he was wounded and killed in battle near Bullecourt, France.
Arthur Ernest Leonard Baker’s body would never be sent back to Australia and no official grave was ever made. Baker's name was put on a memorial 15km east of Amiens, France with other soldiers who fell during combat in the region.
Biography
21 January 1915 - Mother signed letter of consent for Arthur to enlist for Active Service
23 November 1915 - Ulcerate hand, Gallipoli
4 December 1915 - Septic hand, Malta
5 January 1916 - Admitted to hospital, septic hand
11 March 1916 - Rejoined unit
21 August 1916 - Appointed Lance Corporal
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal