Hector Norman BAKER

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Service Number:	NX42958
Enlisted:	16 August 1941, Paddington, New South Wales Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 7 August 1909
Home Town:	Guildford, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 24 May 1945, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Plot KK, Row D, Grave 6 Roll of Honour Guildford, New South Wales, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX42958
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Paddington, New South Wales Australia
16 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX42958, 2nd/3rd Infantry Battalion

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Medals: 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australian Service Medal