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Military service
Service number:
442016
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Division:
2nd Coy.
Birth:
May 20, 1884
Eastons Corner, Ontario
Enlistment:
Vernon, British Columbia
Death:
June 6, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 32
Additional information
Son of George and Mary Baker.
Digital gallery of Private William Riley Baker
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Memorial Page
William Baker is honoured on page 6 of the <i>Merrickville Remembers</i> booklet, published in January 2003. -
Biography - page 1
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate. -
Biography - page 2
Biography courtesy of the Lest We Forget remembrance initiative of the Smith Falls District Collegiate. -
Merrickville Remembers
This project was sponsored jointly by the Canadian Legion Branch 245 and the Merrickville District Community Health Centre. Serving on the Committee were Jack Jessop, Past President of Legion Branch 245; Joyce McKay, who lost a brother in the Second World War; Peter McKenna, Executive Director of Merrickville and District Community Health Centre; and Jack Wilcox, who upon discharge from the Canadian Army in 1945, prepared the Sydney Academy Memorial Booklet honouring the students of the Academy who gave their lives in the Second World War. -
Inscription on Menin Gate
Inscription on the Menin Gate, photo courtesy of Marg Liessens.
Digital gallery of
Private William Riley Baker
Digital gallery of
Private William Riley Baker
Digital gallery of
Private William Riley Baker
Digital gallery of
Private William Riley Baker
Digital gallery of
Private William Riley Baker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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