Lieutenant Spencer Baker
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1879-12-09
Place of birth: East Grinstead Sussex England
Next of kin: Spencer Baker,Father Chelwood Gate,Uckfield, Sussex, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Building Contractor
Occupation (normalized): Stucco Plasterer
Address:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-10-26
Cause of death:
Died in war, unknown cause
Buried:
Passchendale New British Cemetery, XI. C. 12.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
(46th Battalion)
Rank detail
Lieutenant, 46th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: 3rd Battle of Ypres, assault on Passchendaele
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 461118
Uploader's Notes:
He served for 3 years with the 29th Light Horse and 1 year in Africa with the Engineers.
It would appear when he initially joined up he was a private with army number 114505. There is an officer's paper with the attestation papers and this is dated 26th September 1917.
Date of birth on attestation is 9 Dec. 1882
Uploader's Research notes:
Info from the attestation papers, 46th battalion war diary and this man is on the CWGC site.
Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial
[Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 46th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-03-24