BAKER, Wilfred James Keough
Service Numbers: | NX42156, NX151217 (N246385), NX151217 |
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Enlisted: | 7 August 1941 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | 64 Alexander Street, Manly, New South Wales, Australia, 12 August 1921 |
Home Town: | Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Massive cerebrovascular , Grafton Base Hospital , 12 May 1984, aged 62 years |
Cemetery: |
Grafton Cemetery, NSW Clarence Lawn Cemetery, Grafton New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
7 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX42156 | |
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20 Nov 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX42156 | |
15 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Signaller, NX151217 (N246385) | |
15 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX151217 | |
11 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX151217 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Signaller, NX151217 (N246385), N G AIR WARNING WIRELESS TELE COY |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jennifer Rourke
When Wilfred James Keough Baker was born on 12 August 1921 in Manly, New South Wales, his father, Wilfred, was 27 and his mother, Florence, was 29. He married Hazel Clifton and they had two children together. He then married Karoline Wilhelmine Bollhorst on 28 March 1959 in Sydney, New South Wales. He died on 12 May 1984 in Grafton, New South Wales, at the age of 62, and was buried there.