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REAKES, Baden Fairfield
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX52449 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1900 |
| Home Town: | Lawson, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Powder monkey |
| Died: | Injuries from being hit by army truck, Katoomba Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1942, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wentworth Falls General Cemetery, New South Wales Presbyterian Section 1, Row 2, Grave 61 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tarana War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX52449 | |
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| 28 May 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, NX52449, 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
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Baden Fairfield REAKES was born in Narromine, NSW on 29th August, 1900
His parents were Albert William REAKES & Florence Elizabeth HILDER who married in Dubbo in 1890
He married Flora MILLIGAN (formerly SOAMES) in Sydney in 1926
Baden died with another soldier after being hit by two drunken men driving an army truck on the Western Road in Lawson - he died in Katoomba Hospital of his injuries
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