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Harry Lovlen BAKER

Regimental number6285
Place of birthMittagong New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Mittagong, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationOrchardist annd farmer
AddressSwallowback, Mittagong, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Mr S L Baker, Swallowback, Mittagong, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Divisional Signal Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGassed at Polygon Wood, Belgium.
FateDied of wounds 28 July 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 20a), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stephen Lovlen and Emma BAKER, Mittagong, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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