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Charles Thomas BAKER

Regimental number269
Place of birthSpring Hill, Clunes, Talbot, Victoria
SchoolKingston State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressKingstown, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 10"
Weight174 lbs
Next of kinMother, Miriam Baker, Kingstown, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBallarat, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularFather served in Coldstream Guards in early part of Queen Victoria's reign; Great-Grandfather fought at Waterloo.
FateDied of wounds 20 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row J, Grave No. 20), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
52
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Randall and Mariam Smith Baker, Kingston, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915 (bomb wound, back); admitted to No 3 Field Ambulance, Anzac, 6 August 1915; to No 1 Australian Clearing Hospital, Anzac, 6 August 1915; evacuated for Alexandria, 6 August 1915; admitted to 19th General Hospital, Alexandria, 12 August 1915 (shrapnel wound, right shoulder); died of wounds, 20 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAKER Charles Thomas

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