BAKER, Reginald John
| Service Number: | NX68307 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | SCONE, NSW, 31 May 1916 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, Thailand, 13 November 1943, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Joint grave A14. B. 3, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Commercial Banking Company of Sydney WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, NX68307 | |
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| 17 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 2, NX68307 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ROLL OF HONOUR
WARRANT-OFFICER R. J.
BAKER.
Last week, advice was unofficially received that Warrant-Officer Reginald James Baker, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T . Baker, well-known citizens, had passed away in a prison camp in Thailand.
The news was distressing, and a legion of friends sincerely and fervently trusted it would lack confirmation. However, it was just another case of hoping again st hope, for official advice received on Wednesday authenticated the earlier ominous news, which was that death took place on 13th November, 1943.
W.O. Baker who enlisted from Parramatta, where he had for eight years' served with the Commercial Banking Co. Ltd., was in Singapore when it fell, was in the Burma Thailand enforced march when so many of the flower of Australian manhood fell by the wayside owing to the rigors and cruelties of their inhuman captors, and would have been in his 27th year. Like many others of his gallant comrades, he passed on a victim to dysentery, no doubt accelerated by malnutrition.
A good type of Australian, he had all the characteristics of a soldier and citizen, with a bright career in the offing. The last card received from Reg. bore the date, 21/2/43, and reported safe and well. A second card (no date) was also of the encouraging order. Very many friends will join in extending to Mr. and Mrs. Baker and family heartfelt-sympathy in the loss of their valiant son and brother.