Individual Details

Percival Williams "Percy" BAKER

(7 Aug 1895 - 23 Aug 1949)

Events

Birth7 Aug 1895Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Military23 Aug 1915enlisting at Holdsworthy Army Base in Liverpool, NSW on the 23 Aug 1915. He was trained as a signaller. He sailed for the Middle East on 20 Dec 1915 & after training there he served in France. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 6 Jun 1917. He spent quite a considerable time in England both in signals training & in hospital during his period of service in Europe. He sailed from London on the "Orsova" 15 Jan 1919, listed as an invalid, arriving home 20 Feb 1919. He was finally discharged from the army 17 Apr 1919
Occupation23 Aug 1915a postal assistant at the time he joined the army
Marriage27 Oct 1920Methodist Church, Thirroul, New South Wales, Australia - Charlotte Bertha ROBINSON
Occupation1930taxation officer in the Commonwealth Public Service after the war
Death23 Aug 194938 Connells Point Road, South Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Burial28 Aug 1949(Location #175 in Rose Bed 10AA) - Woronora Cemetery (Cremated), Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia

Families

SpouseCharlotte Bertha ROBINSON (1894 - 1977)
ChildJean Kathleen BAKER (1921 - 2010)
FatherErnest Benjamin BAKER (1865 - 1949)
MotherEleanor Mary TOMLINSON (1865 - 1947)
SiblingCharlotte BAKER (1888 - 1888)
SiblingFrancis Ernest "Barney" BAKER (1889 - 1973)
SiblingHenry James "Harry" BAKER (1891 - 1945)
SiblingCecil Harold BAKER (1898 - 1973)

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