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Military service
Service number:
487385
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regt.)
Birth:
February 18, 1888
Hespeler, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 13, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
July 6, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. H. 25.
Additional information
Son of John S. and Frances Baker, of Hespeler, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Girtle Louis Baker
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Photo of Girtle Baker
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Waterloo Memorial Booklet
In memory of the men and women from the Waterloo area who went to war and did not come home. From the booklet, Peace Souvenir – Activities of Waterloo County in the Great War 1914 – 1918. From the Toronto Public Library collection. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: Babb to Barjarow. Microform Sequence 5; Volume Number 31829_B016715. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 149. Page 459 of 1072. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
A panoramic view of the Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, located approximately 6 kilometres from the Vimy Memorial, just outside of Souchez, France. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the London Free Press July 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of GIRTLE LOUIS BAKER
From the Kitchener Public Library collection of World War One Solider Information Cards. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Girtle Louis Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Girtle Louis Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Girtle Louis Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Girtle Louis Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Girtle Louis Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Girtle Louis Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Girtle Louis Baker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 195 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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