Harold Percival BAKER

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BAKER, Harold Percival

Service Number:	3113
Enlisted:	5 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Jamestown, 13 June 1893
Home Town:	Watervale, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener / Labourer
Died:	Somerton Park, South Australia, 7 August 1982, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia 1982 originally placed at Centennial Pk, now internment removed.
Memorials:	Watervale Public School Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
5 Feb 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3113, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: ''
5 Feb 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3113, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 3113
4 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

Father Wiliam Baker and Mother Emily Baker (nee Gage),
living in Watervale, South Australia.
(Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 523 Page: 304 District: Cla.)

On enlisting Harold lived at Watervale, South Australia.

Next of kin in service (cousins):
1044     William Ernest Trenorden
             3rd Light Horse
           Killed in action - 11/4/1917
               NO known grave.
               Commemorated at Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

5389       Harry Hewish
               48th Infantry Battalion
               Killed in action - 12/10/1917
               NO known grave
               Commemorated at The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium

31599 Arthur Ernest Saunderson
           2nd Field Artillery Brigade
   Returned 16/6/1919

WWII      SX7174 Private Ivor Henry Thomas Hele
               Official War Artist

Described on enlisting as 23 years 3 months old; single; 5' 7 1/4" tall; 142 lbs;
medium complexion; brown eyes; brown hair; Church of England.

16/9/1916 Completed medical - fit for service

3/10/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide
3/10/1916 placed in B Company, 2nd Depot

7/1/1916 Light Horse Reinforcements, Mitcham Camp

****Embarked with Francis Levi BURGESS #3112, from Watervale, SA*****

5/2/1917          Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide on board
                        HMAT Clan Maccorquodale A6
                        as a Private with the 24th reinforcements, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

12/3/1917 Disembarked into Suez, Egypt
marched in to Isolation Camp, Moascar

26/3/1917 marched in from Isolation Camp
taken on strength into 1st Light Horse Regiment

24/4/1917 transferred to 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Moascar
2/5/1917 taken on strength from duty, Shellal

The 3rd’s next major engagement was the abortive second battle of Gaza on 19/4/1917. Gaza finally fell on 7/11/1917, after a wide outflanking move via Beersheba, in which the 1st Light Horse Brigade played a part.

With the capture of Gaza, the Turkish position in southern Palestine collapsed. The 3rd Light Horse Regiment participated in the advance to Jaffa that followed, and was then committed to operations to clear and occupy the west bank of the Jordan River.

15/11/1917 sick to hospital - fever
22/11/1917 admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia

27/12/1917 sandfly fever

4/1/1918          discharged to Moascar, ex Convalescent Depot, Abbassia
                        taken on strength 1st Light Horse Regiment
8/1/1918          transferred to 3rd Light Horse

11/1/1918 taken on strength into 3rd Light Horse Regiment

24-27/2/1918 the 3rd Light Horse was involved in the Amman

30/4-4/5/1918 the 3rd Light Horse was involved in the Es Salt raids

16/6/1918 sick to hospital
26/6/1918 rejoined 3rd Light Horse Regiment

14/7/1918 the 3rd Light Horse Regiment was involved in the repulse of a major
German and Turkish attack

The final British offensive of the campaign was launched along the Mediterranean coast on 19/9/1918, with the ANZAC Mounted Division taking part in a subsidiary effort east of the Jordan aimed at Amman. Turkey surrendered on 30/10/1918.

5/4/1919 Appointed to Lance Corporal

15/4/1919 Reverted to Trooper at own request, Ghezirah

The 3rd Light Horse Regiment sailed for Australia without their horses, which were either shot or transferred to Indian cavalry units.

15/5/1919 Embarked from Kantara, Egypt to return to Australia per Orari
23/6/1919 disembarked into Australia

Medals:
British War Medal (19285) and Victory medal (18963).

4/8/1919 Discharged from service

Harold last lived in Somerton Park, South Australia.

7/8/1982 Harold passed away in Somerton Park, SA
cremated in: Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, SA

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 19/11/2014. Lest we forget.

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