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Edgar Kendall BAKER

Date of birth26 December 1875
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFederal civil servant
Address34 Fourth Avenue, St Peters, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 6"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Stella Maud Baker, 34 Fourth Avenue, St Peters, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the 78th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date23 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentMajor
Unit name16th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Troopship A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant-Colonel
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted Machine Gun Corps, 1900; promoted Corporal, 1901; Sergeant, 1904; commissioned in 10th Australian Infantry Regiment, 1906; subsequently Senior Major, 78th Infantry.
FateReturned to Australia 13 February 1917
Discharge date10 April 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 6 May 1915 (gun shot wound, head, right wrist and chest: serious); admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 10 May 1915.

Granted 6 months' leave from 3 July 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Ballarat', 5 July 1915.

Returned to duty; admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, 29 February 1916 (bronchitis); discharged for invaliding to Australia, 29 February 1916 (fibrosis of lungs).

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Demosthenes', 19 March 1916.

Embarked Brisbane, 27 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Marathon', 13 February 1917; appointment terminated (discharged), 10 April 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death5 April 1938
Age at death63
Place of burialNorth Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAKER Edgar Kendall

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