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Rupert Harrie BAKER

Regimental number6048
Place of birthBathurst New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSmall goodsman
Address38 Todman Avenue, Kensington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Rupert Harry Baker, 'Warrack', 38 Todman Avenue, Kensington, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 August 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 31 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 September 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele (Plot XLIX, Row F, Grave No. 7), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry Rupert and Hannah BAKER, 38 Todman Avenue, Kensington, New South Wales. Native of Bathurst, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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