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He was the father of Lyndon Evely Baker.
He married in England to Margaret-Maud-Muriel Arundel-Whitheley in 1903 but he stated being single when he enlisted in 1914.
He had served as an officer with the British Army in the South African War and later with the Canadian Army as a career soldier. He was the first one to enlist with the 22th Battalion (service number 61001) and served as regimental quartermaster sergeant, then, after being promoter officer, as lieutenant quartermaster. He served in France with the unit but was evacuated in England due to a bronchitis. Because his health situation, he was transferred to serve with the Medical Corps, as a captain quartermaster at the Granville Canadian Special Hospital, in Ramsgate. He died there a year later of pneumonia.
Digital gallery of Captain and Quartermaster Basil Rupert Baker
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Captain and Quartermaster Basil Rupert Baker
Digital gallery of
Captain and Quartermaster Basil Rupert Baker
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Captain and Quartermaster Basil Rupert Baker
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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RAMSGATE AND ST. LAWRENCE CEMETERY Kent, United Kingdom
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