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BAKER, Victor Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | SX11769 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1941, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norwood, SA, 23 February 1906 |
| Home Town: | Forestville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Lameroo Public School |
| Occupation: | Fitter's Mate |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 30 July 1994, aged 88 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens of Remembrance Tree Bed 45 Position 012 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Mar 1941: | Involvement Private, SX11769, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 15 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 15 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11769 | |
| 14 Nov 1943: | Discharged | |
| 14 Nov 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11769 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs A and the late O BAKER of Lameroo, SA. Educated at Lameroon Public School, Vic was fond of sport and played football for Lameroo. Residing at 18a Second Avenue, Forrestville, SA, he was a fitter's mate at the I.CI. Works in Osborne. Enlisting in March 1941 he left for overseas in the April. He saw swervice in Tobruk where he was wounded on 3rd August 1941 and spent 7 months in hosptial. Returning to duty he was then taken prisoner of war, presumably in Italy.
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