Military service
Service number:
C/7115
Age:
22
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Birth:
October 18, 1920
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
May 28, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
2. 112B.
Additional information
Son of George H. and Irene Isobel Baker, of Toronto, Ontario.
Twin brother of Flying Officer John Jule Baker, who died on January 27, 1944 while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
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Photo of WALTER GEORGE BAKER
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WALTER GEORGE BAKER
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Toronto Star. Funeral WG "Jim" BAKER -
Inscription
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Grave Marker
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Biography
From the research work done by Margaret Rose Gaunt and submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star November 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Our Lady of the Airways Chapel 337 Breadner Boulevard, Ottawa has a stained glass window dedicated to the members of RCAF Station Uplands who gave their lives in the Second World War. With input from various sources, so far there were 49 deaths of service personnel that were stationed at Uplands.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Walter George Baker
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 133 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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TORONTO (FOREST LAWN) MAUSOLEUM Ontario, Canada
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