Parents : George & Annie Baker
Wife : Thelma Baker
Enlistment : 20 June 1940
Place : Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion
Service Number : QX9598
Cause of death : Killed in action
Original burial : Bukit Timah 757165
site
Commemorated : Brisbane, Queensland
in Australia ...........**A.W.M. Canberra
William was a member of 2/26 Battalion Headquarter Company, and was a member of Sgt. Heale's Party, when he was killed.
After capitulation, he was buried by Padre Polain, but his body was unable to be located by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1946.
William shared a grave with Stanley Blannin.
**A.W.M. - Australian War Memorial
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today."
Wife : Thelma Baker
Enlistment : 20 June 1940
Place : Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion
Service Number : QX9598
Cause of death : Killed in action
Original burial : Bukit Timah 757165
site
Commemorated : Brisbane, Queensland
in Australia ...........**A.W.M. Canberra
William was a member of 2/26 Battalion Headquarter Company, and was a member of Sgt. Heale's Party, when he was killed.
After capitulation, he was buried by Padre Polain, but his body was unable to be located by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1946.
William shared a grave with Stanley Blannin.
**A.W.M. - Australian War Memorial
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today."
Parents : George & Annie Baker
Wife : Thelma Baker
Enlistment : 20 June 1940
Place : Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion
Service Number : QX9598
Cause of death : Killed in action
Original burial : Bukit Timah 757165
site
Commemorated : Brisbane, Queensland
in Australia ...........**A.W.M. Canberra
William was a member of 2/26 Battalion Headquarter Company, and was a member of Sgt. Heale's Party, when he was killed.
After capitulation, he was buried by Padre Polain, but his body was unable to be located by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1946.
William shared a grave with Stanley Blannin.
**A.W.M. - Australian War Memorial
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today."
Wife : Thelma Baker
Enlistment : 20 June 1940
Place : Kelvin Grove, Brisbane
State : Queensland, Australia
Battalion : 2/26 Infantry Battalion
Service Number : QX9598
Cause of death : Killed in action
Original burial : Bukit Timah 757165
site
Commemorated : Brisbane, Queensland
in Australia ...........**A.W.M. Canberra
William was a member of 2/26 Battalion Headquarter Company, and was a member of Sgt. Heale's Party, when he was killed.
After capitulation, he was buried by Padre Polain, but his body was unable to be located by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in 1946.
William shared a grave with Stanley Blannin.
**A.W.M. - Australian War Memorial
"When you go home
Tell them of us, and say
For your tomorrow
We gave our today."
Bio by: Muriel Butler
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