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Patrick Baker

Patrick Baker
Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
11327
Unit at enlistment: 
4th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Wounded: 
Yes
Date of death: 
July 25th, 1916
Cemetery: 
Menin Gate Memorial - Ypres, Belgium - Panel 18.24.26.30
Birth country: 
Scotland
Birth county: 
Perthshire
Birth city: 
Blairgowrie
Address at enlistment: 
186 Brock Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
19 Blackness Road, Dundee Scotland
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Religious denominations: 
Roman Catholic
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
21

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Previously reported Missing, now reported Killed in Action. From information available this soldier while one of a party of wirers at work in front of our trenches at the Bluff near Zillebeke, was instantly killed by the explosion of an enemy mine.

 

BX May 20, 1915

Private Patrick Baker – Reported wounded, resided at 186 Brock Street at the time of his enlistment. By trade he is a farmer. Prior to coming to Canada he served for two years with the Third Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, and since his advent to Brantford has been associated with the Dufferin Rifles for one year.

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