LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Willliam Martin BAKER
Service No: 84
Born: Ararat VIC, 5 October 1891
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1921
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School, RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Died: Illness, Ivanhoe VIC, 6 October 1946, Aged 55 Years
Buried: Warringal Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Martin Baker and Lucy Hollis Baker; husband of Winifred Lucy Baker, of Ivanhoe
Roll of Honour: Ivanhoe VIC
On 6 October 1946, Sergeant Baker died at his home in Ivanhoe. He had previously served in the 13th Light Horse AIF before joining the RAAF as one of its first Members.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9301, 84
National Library of Australia: Trove – The Argus, 8 October 1946