BAKER, John
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
7 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Suffolk Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6020776
P.O.W. number:
266418
Born:
Tuesday, June 5, 1917
John Baker enlisted 15 March 1940, civil occupation Electrical Engineer. Volunteered for the Commandos and attached to No.7 Commando embarking for the Middle East (Layforce). Captured 20 April 1941 during operations at Bardia, Libya (Operation Addition).
After the Italian Armistice on 12 September 1943 he and Cpls Howlett and McConville (both No.7 Cdo), and Spr. Padgham (RE), made off in direction of the Allied Lines. Recaptured 18 October 1943.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/24 and 28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/14/2.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/24 and 28.
Prisoners of War / National Archives files WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire / National Archives file WO344/14/2.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated POW Interrogation Questionnaire (McConville) / National Archives file WO344/195/2.
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