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Military service
Service number:
223426
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Nova Scotia Regiment)
Division:
85th Bn.
Birth:
July 4, 1893
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
June 29, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of James A. Baker, of La Have Islands, Nova Scotia, and the late Anna Dorcas 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 523 of 1072. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Robert Baker
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Private Robert Baker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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