Lindsay Arthur BAKER

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BAKER, Lindsay Arthur

Service Number:	SX11189
Enlisted:	3 February 1941, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lameroo, SA, 5 February 1914
Home Town:	Forestville, South Australia
Schooling:	Lameroo Public School
Occupation:	Unemployed Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Libya, 11 August 1941, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Feb 1941:	Involvement Private, SX11189, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
3 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
3 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11189, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography

Son of Oliver and Alice Emma Baker, of Lameroo SA. Educated at Lameroo Public School, Lindsay lived a roving life working at various occupations. Residing at 18 Second Avenue, Forestville, he was keen on hunting and kangaroo shooting. He enlisted in February 1941, and left for overseas in the April, taking part in the Desert campaign and also at Tobruk. He was wounded in action on 3rd August 1941 and died of his wounds on 8 days later on August 11. His family were pioneer residents of Lameroo.

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