Regimental number | 2104 |
Place of birth | Prahran, Victoria |
School | Park State School, St Kilda, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Painter |
Address | 191 High Street, Malvern, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 125 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Henry Walter Baker, 191 High Street, Malvern, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the Compulsory Military Training scheme. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 7th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Died of meningitis. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 38), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 49 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Henry Walter and Minnie Maud BAKER, 35 Parramatta Road, Annadale, New South Wales. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Taken on strength, 'A' Company 7th Bn, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915; wounded in action, Lone Pine, 6/9 August 1915; admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance Dressing Station, Lone Pine, 9 August 1915; transferred to No 3 Field Ambulance Casualty Clearing Station, 9 August 1915; to No 3 Field Ambulance, Mudros, 10 August 1915; proceeded to Malta, 11 August 1915 (shock); admitted to St George's Hospital, Malta, 16 August 1915; transferred to All Saint's Hospital, Malta, 19 August 1915; embarked for Egypt, 8 September 1915; taken on strength, Overseas Base Depot, Mustapha, 16 September 1915; embarked for front, 2 October 1915; rejoined 7th Bn, Sarpi Camp, Lemnos Island, 11 October 1915; after evacuation of Gallipoli proceeded to Alexandria, disembarking 7 January 1916. Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, Tel-el-Kebir, 1 February 1916 (influenza); transferred to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel-el-Kebir, 1 February 1916 (pyrexia of unknown origin); to Ambulance Train No 4, 2 February 1915; to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 7 February 1915 (influenza); to Chourba Military Infectious Disease Hospital, Cairo, 12 February 1915 (enteric); classified as Dangerously Ill, 7 April 1916; died of disease, 19 April 1916 (gonorrhoeal meningitis). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BAKER Leonard Henry |