Military service
Burial/memorial information
Daughter of Ernest and Florence Baker, of New Liskeard.
Digital gallery of Private Laura Mae Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
Thanks to Laura MacKewn for sendnig the photo Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
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.
Digital gallery of
Private Laura Mae Baker
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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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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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Thanks to Laura MacKewn for sendnig the photo Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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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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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.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 493 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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NEW LISKEARD (HARLEY) CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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