BAKER, George Hubert
| Service Number: | NX3451 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 October 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Textile Worker |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 24 November 1971, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Oct 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX3451 | |
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| 8 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX3451 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
George was the youngest of three children of William Harold Francis Baker (b1886 in Hobart, Tasmania) and Ada Annie McGowan (b1886 in Burnie, Tasmania). William - a Textile Worker - and Ada married in 1912 in Sydney, NSW where they settled and raised their family. Following Ada's death in 1922, William remarried and worked in Sydney, NSW as a Textile Worker.
George was a Textile Worker in Sydney, NSW when he enlisted in October 1939. He was a Private (Service No:NX3451) attached to Land Force Headquarters (LHQ) Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (EME) School when he was Discharged in September 1945.
In 1942 George married Norma Irene Boyle (b1921 in Cobar, NSW). Following his Discharge, George and Norma settled in Sydney where George worked as a Printer, Carton Gluer and Storeman. George died in 1971 and Norma in 2007.