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George Chitty Baker (1858-1942) printer and trade union leader
Birth: 22 May 1858 in Guildford, Surrey, England. Son of Frederick Samuel Baker, compositor, and his wife Elizabeth. Marriage: 1884 at Burrowa, NSW, to Emily Gunter French (d.1954). They had three sons and three daughters. Death: 20 July 1942 in Perth. Religion: Anglican.
Sources
H. Vanden Driesen, ‘Confrontation and Reconciliation on the Waterfront: The Fremantle Lumpers Strike, 1899’, in Labour History, 1981, vol 40, pp. 29-48; H. J. Gibbney & A. G. Smith, A Biographical Register 1788-1939, vol 1 (Canberra, 1987); West Australian (Perth), 22 May 1940, p. 11, 9 Sept 1954, p.32.
'Baker, George Chitty (1858–1942)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/baker-george-chitty-32045/text39605, accessed 7 December 2024.
22 May,
1858
Guildford,
Surrey,
England
20 July,
1942
(aged 84)
Perth,
Western Australia,
Australia
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