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Laura Mae Baker

In memory of:

Private Laura Mae Baker

July 22, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

W/22914

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Women's Army Corps

Additional Information

Born:

February 15, 1918
New Liskeard, Ontario

Enlistment:

September 18, 1944
Toronto, Ontario

Daughter of Ernest and Florence Baker, of New Liskeard.

Commemorated on Page 493 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

NEW LISKEARD (HARLEY) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada

Grave Reference:

Plot 7. Row 1.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of LAURA MAE BAKER– Thanks to Laura MacKewn for sendnig the photo Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of LAURA MAE BAKER – Thanks to Laura MacKewn for sendnig the photo Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Circumstances of death registers– Pte Baker had only started to learn to swim. After a baseball game, she and friends decided to bathe. She and another woman got into difficulties. Baker went under the water and drowned. The other woman was rescued. Full Court of Inquiry through Ancestry.ca She was one of eleven children.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Pte Baker had only started to learn to swim. After a baseball game, she and friends decided to bathe. She and another woman got into difficulties. Baker went under the water and drowned. The other woman was rescued. Full Court of Inquiry through Ancestry.ca She was one of eleven children.
  • Memorial– On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946. It also lists those who died while on service.

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    Memorial
    Memorial – On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946. It also lists those who died while on service.
  • Memorial Plaque– On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946. It also lists those who died while on service.

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    Memorial Plaque
    Memorial Plaque – On May 5, 2001, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, Her Honour Mrs. Hillary Weston unveiled the Canadian Women's Army Corps Memorial Monument in Kitchenor Waterloo. This memorial honours the women who served in the C.W.A.C. between 1941 and 1946. It also lists those who died while on service.
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    Grave Marker

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