Sydney Ernest Baker

Submitted by Ray Baker on Mon, 16/02/2015 - 13:37

First Name:

Sydney

Middle Name:

Ernest

Last Name:

Baker

Date of Birth:

Tuesday, January 29, 1889

Mother's Name:

Georgina

Father's Name:

Ernest Maurice

Date Enlisted:

Monday, November 13, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

45th Battalion

Company:

9 Reinforcements

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Monday, September 30, 1974

Place of Death:

Wollongong

Cause of Death:

Heart attack

Details:

Private Sydney Baker (Service no. 3355) enlisted in Kiama on the 13th November, 1916. He later embarked on HMAT Anchises A68 with the 45th Battalion on the 24 January 1917 arriving in Le Havre, France.

After "taken on strength" in June 1917 his movements included Doulieu, Kemmel, Lambeke, La Motte, Bomy, Le Nieppe, Steenvorde, Battle of Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Passchendale, Ypres, St Quentin rest area in December 1917, Haut, Allaines, La Clyte, and Hollebeke. He took leave from 23rd February to the 9th April 1918. Further movements included Cardonette, Frenchencourte, Villiers-Brettoneux, and Monument Wood.

He was wounded in action while in France on 3rd May, 1918.

Sydney returned to Australia in 1919. He embarked from England on the ORITA on the 23rd June, 1919 and arrived in Sydney on the 9th August, 1919.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, BAKER S E