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BAKER, Leslie Ernest
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | WX5145, WX5145 |
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Enlisted: | 23 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Katanning, Western Australia, Australia, 13 October 1916 |
Home Town: | Katanning, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 20 May 1961, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX5145, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
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19 Jul 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX5145, 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Private, WX5145 , 2nd/28th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Matthew Grice
He was captured in El Alamein in Eqypt and a prisoner of war in Italy until his escape.