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Private George Allen Baker
George Allen Baker
542185
Private
Cyclist Platoon CEF M.D.6
April 11, 1900
Arcadia, Yarmouth Co., NS
September 8, 1916
16 years, 5 months
Height: 5 feet, 8 inches
Complexion: Light
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Light
Yarmouth NS
Arcadia, Yarmouth Co., NS
No
Single
Student
Methodist
Sarah J. Baker (Mother) Arcadia, Yarmouth Co., NS
January 21, 1919 (Halifax)
George Baker was the son of George Allen (1865–1948) and Sarah Jane (Hatfield) Baker
(1864–1957) of Arcadia, Yarmouth Co., NS. His brother, Harry Singleton Baker, also served
during WWI.
He sailed for England on the SS Corsican arriving on November 5, 1916. Chiseldon Camp
was used by Canadian and Australian Cyclist Corps and he served there until November 15,
1917. He was then transferred to the CAMC at Shorncliffe. Between February 18, 1918 and
November 27, 1918 he was hospitalized at No. 9 Canadian General Hospital at Shorncliffe and
then transferred to CAMC Casualty Company. He sailed from Liverpool on the SS Northland,
December 15, 1918 and demobilized at Halifax.
At discharge he was 5 feet, 9 ¼ inches.
In 1926 he moved to the United States. He died in July. 1974 at Holbrook,
Massachusetts.
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