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BAKER, William Robert Samuel
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX8682 |
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Enlisted: | 23 October 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Esperance, Western Australia, 27 April 1919 |
Home Town: | Norseman, Dundas, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bagger |
Died: | Died at sea (POW of Japan - Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX8682 | |
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23 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Private, WX8682, Claremont, Western Australia | |
23 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX8682, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion | |
7 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned Battle of Java | |
8 Mar 1942: | Imprisoned His POW transport ship 'Rakuyo' Maru was sunk by American submarines South China Sea. Large numbers of POWs managed to find floating debri to serve as life rafts but tragically during the next few days nearly all died of lack of water or from injuries. | |
12 Sep 1944: | Involvement Private, WX8682, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Prisoners of War |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William Edward Johnson BAKER and Lulu Esther nee ROUSE