BAKER Henry Searle "Harry"

Born: 4 August 1894, Maroochy River,(Pacific Paradise) Q
Father: William Henry Baker
Mother: Eliza Baker (nee Peatling)

Occupation: 29 August 1916, Laborer
Military Service:
29 August 1916; Enlisted in AIF in Brisbane
Next of Kin: Mrs Eliza Baker (Mother) Coolum Creek, via Yandina, Q
Age: 22 Years
Unit: 9th Regiment, 49th Battalion
Rank: Private
21 January 1917: Embarked on the "Ayrshire" in Sydney, Australia
14 March 1917: Admitted to ship's hospital with bronchial pneumonia
12 April 1917: Disembarked at Devonport, England
3 May 1917: Admitted to military hospital with the same illness
19 June 1917: Transferred from the New Zealand Military hospital to the Australian Hospital at Weymouth, England
1 July - 29 September 1917: Spent numerous periods of time in hospital with bronchial pneumonia
31 October 1917: Returned to Australia in the "Berrima"
2 February 1918: Discharged from the AIF as medically unfit for military duty

Post War:
Name listed on World War 1 Honour Board in Yandina School of Arts
HS Baker is named on Honour Board At Dallarnil where his mothers folk had relocated after pioneering on the Maroochy River,settling there around 1900.
He lived and worked in Brisbane.
Later he retired to Golden Beach, Caloundra, Qld
12 June 1981: Died at Caloundra, Qld

Yandina/Maroochy River/North Arm Roll of Honour, Yandina School of Arts Hall, Corner of Stevens and Farrell Streets, Yandina

Dallarnil honour board

National Archives of Australia, World War I Diggers Records
Queensland, Justice Department, Birth, Death and Marriage Records
Oral Communication with family members