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Sidney Russell BAKER

Regimental number3003
Place of birthMalvern, Victoria
SchoolBrighton Road State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGardener
Address2 Linton Street, Balaclava, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 6.5"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinSister-in-Law, Mrs A L Baker, 2 Linton Street, Balaclava, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Divisional Heavy Trench Mortar Brigade
FateDied of wounds 27 October 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Albert William and the late Margaret BAKER, 5 Alexander Street, St. Kilda, Victoria.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 413 Pte Albert Leslie BAKER, 4th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 15 June 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 5th Bn, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 7 January 1916; transferred to 57th Bn, Serapeum, 17 February 1916; taken on strength, 17 February 1916; transferred to 59th Bn, Tel-el-Kebir, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Wounded in action, France, 19 July 1916; admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 21 July 1916 (shrapnel wound, side); transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, 21 July 1916; to 8th Stationary Hospital, 22 July 1916; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 22 July 1916 (abrasions, side); discharged to Base Details, 23 July 1916; marched into 5th Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 24 July 1916.

Marched out to active service, 8 August 1916; rejoined 59th Bn, France, 15 August 1916; detached to 15th Brigade Grenade School of Instruction, 18 August 1916; rejoined unit, 25 August 1916.

Transferred to 5th Divisional Trench Mortar Brigade, 7 September 1916; taken on strength, V5A Heavy Trench Mortar Battery (5th Division), 10 September 1916.

Died of wounds received in action, 27 October 1916 (gun shot wound, large artery).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAKER Sidney Russell

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