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Harry Neale BAKER

Regimental number4450
Place of birthHackney, London, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
AddressSloane Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Baker, Sloane Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date22 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 November 1915
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 3 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Ordnance Corps
FateReturned to Australia
Discharge date2 March 1920
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action (gun shot wound, forearm, left foot), 25 July 1916; invalided to England. Transferred for duty to Australian Army Ordnance Depot, 13 June 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board 'Marathon', 7 November 1919; disembarked Sydney, 1 January 1920; discharged, 2 March 1920.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName recorded on Embarkation Roll as Harry Neile BAKER.

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