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Military service
Service number:
189417
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Enlistment:
Chatham, Ontario
Death:
August 8, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. D. 20.
Additional information
Son of George Edward and Mary Ann Baker, of 2, The Pines, Yew Tree Rd., Milford, Surrey, England.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Frank Baker
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Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 525 of 1072. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
"Killed in Action." During the attack on Marcelcave, this soldier was instantly killed by shrapnel from an enemy shell. -
Document
Excerpt from No Return Ticket - Wallaceburg's War Casualties and Selected Wartime Memories", by Alan Mann about this soldier. -
Group Photo
186th Battalion. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Robert Frank Baker
186th Battalion. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Frank Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Frank Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Frank Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Frank Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Frank Baker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 363 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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