| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 1DRL/0083 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Letter |
| Maker |
Baker, Ernest William Dickson, Hercules Scott Highfield Jones, William Adolphus |
| Place made | France, New Guinea1, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Britain, Gazelle Peninsula, Rabaul Area, Rabaul |
| Date made | 1914-1918 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM93 12/11/260 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Baker, Ernest William (Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant, b.1884 - d.1918)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 1032 Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant Ernest William Baker, Australian Navy and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) and 20 Battalion, Rabaul, Gallipoli and France, 1914-1918. Collection consists of 16 letters written by Baker to members of his family between November 1914 and February 1918. In the letters he describes the garrison at Rabaul, the boredom of trench warfare whilst at Gallipoli, casualties and losses; the weather and difficulties in transporting supplies on the Western Front. Also included in the collection are two letters written to Baker's parents by men serving with Baker, 1189 Lance Corporal Hercules Scott Highfield Dickson MSM and 588 Lieutenant William Adolphus Jones, both from 20 Battalion. Ernest William Baker died of wounds received at Albert, 14 May 1918.