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Feb 21, 1891
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Born in Brockville, Ontario to Joseph and Mary
(nee Tobin) Baker
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Nov 9, 1914
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Attested into the 21st Battalion CEF
in Kingston, Ontario
Ø Number 34
Ø Next of kin given as Joseph
Baker, father, 35 Georgina St., Brockville, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Labourer
Ø Previous military experience
given as 56th Regiment for 2 weeks
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
Ø Posted to “A” Company
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Dec 30, 1914
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Sentenced to 2 days in the Guard Room for being
drunk
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Feb 13, 1915
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Sentenced to 10 days Detention and forfeited 2
day’s pay for being absent
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Feb 19, 1915
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Fined $6.00 for being drunk
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Mar 9, 1915
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Sentenced to 10 days Detention and fined $6.00
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Mar 18, 1915
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Struck Of Strength of the 21st
Battalion for Drunkenness
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Feb 28, 1916
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Attested into the 156th Battalion CEF
in Brockville, Ontario
Ø Number 639755
Ø Next of kin given as Joseph
Baker, father, 35 Georgina St., Brockville, Ontario
Ø Previous occupation given as
Machinist
Ø No previous military
experience given
Ø Religion given as Roman
Catholic
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May 30, 1916
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Forfeited 3 day’s pay for an unrecorded offence
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Sep 30, 1916
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Forfeited 7 day’s pay and fined for being drunk
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Oct 19, 1916
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Embarked the SS Northland in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Oct 28, 1916
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Disembarked in Liverpool, England and the
battalion proceeded to Witley to continue training
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Nov 1, 1916
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Transferred to the 123rd Battalion in
Witley
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Nov 26, 1916
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Transferred to the CCAC (Canadian Casualty
Assembly Centre)
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Nov 28, 1916
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Medical Board in Bramshott notes that both of his
feet are markedly flat and he is unable to march
His medical category was changed to C2 meaning he
was only fit for non combat base duty
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Jan 5, 1917
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Attached to the 156th Battalion in
Witley
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Feb 1, 1917
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Attached to the Canadian Forestry Corps in Sunningdale
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Feb 7, 1917
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Admitted to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in
Etchinghill with a diagnosis that reads Venereal Disease Chancroid
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Feb 20, 1917
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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Mar 8, 1917
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Sentenced to 3 day’s Field Punishment No. 2 and forfeited
7 day’s pay for being AWL (Absent Without Leave) for 4 days
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Apr 10, 1917
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Admitted to the Canadian Convalescent Hospital in
Etchinghill with a diagnosis that reads Urticaria (a skin rash) and Otitis
Media, an ear infection. While in hospital
he received additional treatment for his venereal infection
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Apr 18, 1917
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Discharged to duty from hospital
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May 1, 1917
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Transferred to the CFCBD (Canadian Forestry Corps
Base Depot) in Sunningdale
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May 12, 1917
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Transferred to the 36th Company
Canadian Forestry Corps in Sunningdale
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May 13, 1917
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The 36th Company Canadian Forestry
Corps arrived in Havre, France and proceeded to Conches
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May 23, 1917
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Forfeited 2 day’s pay and admonished for being
absent from 9 am May 20 until arrested at 9:45 am May 21
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Jun 19, 1917
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Admitted to the British Detention Hospital in Paris
with a diagnosis that reads VDG (Venereal Disease Gonorrhea)
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Jun 25, 1917
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Transferred to the No. 51 General Hospital in Etaples, France
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Aug 28, 1917
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Discharged from hospital and reported to the CGBD
(Canadian General Base Depot) in Etaples
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Sep 5, 1917
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After leaving the base depot, he rejoined the 36th
Company in Jura, France
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Oct 30, 1917
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Admitted to the Jura Hospital, La Joux Jura,
France with a diagnosis that reads Adenitis of the neck, an inflammation of
the glands
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Nov 20, 1917
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Transferred to the No. 8 General Hospital in Rouen,
France and diagnosis was changed to read Tuberculosis
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Dec 11, 1917
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Reported to be seriously ill
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Dec 16, 1917
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The diagnosis was changed to read Hodgkin’s
Disease
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Jan 13, 1918
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Private Wilfred Baker died of Hodgkin’s Disease
while a patient of the No. 8 General Hospital and was buried in the Bois Guillaume
Communal Cemetery Extension, Rouen
Following his death, the Memorial Cros, British War
Medal and Victory Medals were sent to his mother, Mrs. Joseph Baker, 35
Georgina St., Brockville, Ontario
The Plaque (Dead Man’s Penny) and Scroll were sent
to his father, Joseph Baker at the same address.
The family erected a marker on the family plot in
the Old St. Francis Xavier Cemetery in Brockville, Ontario. Note that the Plaque sent to his father was
embedded into the headstone
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