
BAKER, Ivan Leslie
| Service Number: | 432543 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 January 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Numurkah, Victoria Asutralia, 25 November 1924 |
| Home Town: | Coolamon, Coolamon, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Yanco Agricultural High School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 31 May 1945, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery Plot 39, Section H, Row E, Grave 254 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolamon War Memorial, Yanco Agricultural High School WWII Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 432543 | |
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| 2 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
| 2 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 432543 | |
| 31 May 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 432543, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Frederick and Myrtle Lilian Baker, of Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia.
HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Warrant Officer Ivan Leslie Baker 432543 of 179 Squadron RAF was killed when Warwick PN800 crashed near North Trevose Head, Cornwall, England
Warrant Officer Harold James Ross Cooper 424710 RAAF survived (discharged 1946)
Biography
Rank - Warrant Officer
Plane was Warwick PN 800. 179 Squadron
Son of William Frederick and Myrtle Lilian Baker, of Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia.