Keith Oscar Munroe BAKER

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BAKER, Keith Oscar Munroe

Service Number:	45109
Enlisted:	26 June 1941
Last Rank:	Airman Pilot
Last Unit:	No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat
Born:	Bunbury, Western Australia, 2 July 1916
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Technical College, Western Australia
Occupation:	Coppersmith
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 14 March 1995, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia
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World War 2 Service

26 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 45109
26 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 45109
12 Aug 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 4SFTS
21 Dec 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Airman Pilot, 45109
21 Dec 1945:	Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 45109
Date unknown:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 45109, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Keith, born in Bunbury WA in 1916, was the eldest of two children of Charles Diamond Baker (born 1892 in Rockdale, NSW) and Alameda (Marnie) Jane Lucille Andersen (born in Bunbury, WA in 1894), Charles and Alameda met and married in Bunbury WA, when Charles was working for the Railways.

Keith married Daisy Jean Webster in Perth, WA January 1941 and and working as a Sheet Metal Worker when he enlisted in the RAAF as a Flight Sergeant (Service No: 45109) at 1 Wireless and Gunnery School. He was Discharged in 1945.Keith and Daisy lived and worked in Perth, WA where they raised their three children and Keith worked as a Pilot for MMA (McMillan McRoberts Airlines), and became a Business Manager.

Following Daisy's death in 1982, Keith remarried Jean Hancock in 1983 and continued to live and work in Perth, WA until his death in 1995

Keith was a Pilot for MMA (MacDonald McDouglas Airlines)

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