Thomas Baer

Born 1891    Place Lappa, Finland    Ethnic origin Finn    Religion Lutheran

Father  -     Mother Baer, Hilda

Arrived at Australia -

Residence before enlistment -

Occupation horse driver

Service

service number 155   enlisted 29.08.1914   POE Randwick, Sydney

unit 1st Battalion, 53rd Battalion, 54th Battalion, 56th Battalion, rank Private, Corporal, Sergeant

place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916-1917       casualties WIA 1915

discharged 8.01.1919 in England       final fate RTA 12.03.1920

Naturalisation enlisted as naturalised British subject

Wife married in England and returned to Australia with wife

Materials digitised service records (NAA)

From Russian Anzacs in Australian History:

The very first contingent [...] — this First Fleet of the new Australian nationhood — left Australian waters in early November 1914 with at least 12 Russians: the Finns Baer and Hiltunen, the ethnic Russians Arn, Kamishansky, Sast and Sindeeff, the Polish-born Markowicz and Watson, the Jews Zander and Levene, and the Russian-born Englishmen Ball and Dyson.

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