H05574 Accession Number: H05574

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Studio portrait of 455 Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Ernest Baker, 38th Battalion from Maryville, Victoria. A 29 year old store keeper prior to enlisting on 30 March 1916, he embarked for overseas as a Private with A Company from Melbourne on 20 June 1916 aboard HMAT Runic. He served with the battalion in France and Belgium and was promoted to Lance Corporal. L Cpl Baker was killed in action at Passchendaele, Belgium on 12 October 1917 and buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.

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Accession Number
H05574
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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