Studio portrait of 3007 Private (Pte) Vinton 'Vin' Battam Baker, of Kogarah, NSW. An iron moulder ...

Studio portrait of 3007 Private (Pte) Vinton 'Vin' Battam Baker, of Kogarah, NSW. An iron moulder before enlisting in August 1915, Pte Baker left Australia for Egypt with the 7th Reinforcements of the 17th Battalion in December 1915. Transferring to the 55th Battalion as part of the 'doubling up' of the AIF in February 1916, Pte Baker arrived in France in June 1916 for service on the Western Front. Pte Baker was killed during the 55th Battalion's attack on Fromelles on the morning of 20th July 1916, aged 31. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. In 2008 a burial ground containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers was located at Pheasant Wood, France. The soldiers died during the Battle of Fromelles on the night of 19-20 July 1916 and were buried by German troops. In 2010 all of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six Australians had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Since then other Australians, including Pte Baker, have been identified.