Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
1st LHR, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Harold Louis Baker
Harold Louis Baker's name on the Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial
Harold Louis Baker
Service number: 605
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 21 May 1915
Cause of death: Died of wounds at sea
Cemetery or memorial details: Lone Pine Memorial, Turkey
War Grave Register notes: BAKER, Tpr. Harold Louis, 605. 1st Light Horse Regt. Died of wounds at sea 21st May, 1915. 1.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Harold Louis Baker from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 605 |
| Other Names | Harold Louis |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | Station hand |
| Address | 18 Denison Road, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 22 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Baker, 18 Denison Road, Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 5 September 1914 |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 5 September 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, 1st Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A42 Boorara on 20 December 1914 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted 5 September 1914 - 1st Light Horse, 1st Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse, 15 February 1915. Mortally wounded, 18 May 1915. |
| Fate | Died of wounds 21 May 1915 |
| Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
| Date of death | 21 May 1915 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Citation: 1st LHR, Roll of Honour, Harold Louis Baker
