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BAKER, Mervyn Keith
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | TX774, TX3445 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 November 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia, 2 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Burnie, Tasmania, Australia, 7 October 2008, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Central Coast Memorial Park, Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 21 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX774, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Dec 1939: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX774, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit. | |
| 19 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3445 | |
| 8 Dec 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3445, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, From Darwin to Timor, disembarked on 12 December 1941. | |
| 22 Apr 1942: | Imprisoned Liberated from Sumatra, after being captured on Timor in 1942, while a member of the 2/40th Infantry Battalion. | |
| 5 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3445, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion, From Singapore to Melbourne; disembarked on 24 October 1945. | |
| 21 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3445 |
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