Vincent Charles BAKER

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Service Number:	VX47009
Enlisted:	23 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dimboola, Victoria, Australia. , 23 March 1917
Home Town:	Dimboola, Hindmarsh, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds, New Guinea, 24 October 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot CC. Row D. Grave 11. Personal Inscription ~ "TO KNOW HIM WAS TO LOVE HIM HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE".
Memorials:	Albury 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion Albury's Own Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dimboola Memorial Secondary College Roll of Honor WW2

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX47009
23 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX47009, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion

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