1897 Sep 9 Born London (or 12 Oct). His parents married as Walter Edward Baines & Fanny Webb
1901 census
1911 census at 59 Sebastopol Rd, Edmonton, London. His father has re-married
1915 Oct 12 enlists in Royal Navy. His birth is given as 12 Oct 1897, which is I think correct rather than RIC date. It is clear it the same man as a note on his service record says a character ref was given to RIC
1919 Aug 30 invalided out of RN
1920 Sep 24 Enlisted in RIC with service no 73250 . Labourer & ex-Sailor
posted Roscommon
1922 Feb 4 Disbanded,
1922 Mar 30 Enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as Constable
1923 Jul 18 leaves UK for Australia
1926 in Victoria, Australia to Margaret Ellis Nicker (1903–1950)
1966 Jul 12 died Dandenong, Victoria, Aus . father Walter Edward Baines. mother Fanny Webb