Service Details
Name:
 BAKER
Given Name:
 WILLIAM JAMES
Initials:
 W J
Service No:
 2352
Rank:
 Regimental Sergeant Major
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Regiment:
 South African Field Artillery
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Former Regiment:
 formerly SAMR 2352 and Transvaal Heavy Artillery
Date of Death:
 1919-10-06
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Cause of Death:
 Died of stomach cancer, at Johannesburg
Decorations:
 D C M
Citations:
 LG Sup 3 Sept 1919 - "For consistent and good work during the period under review. He has set a splendid example to all junior ranks of the brigade not only by his coolness and efficiency in action, but also by the use of his unrivalled knowledge and experience earned by a lifetime spent in the service."
Additional
Information:
Husband of the late Dora(h) D(e)allah Baker. Father of Miss Gladys Baker, of Childrens Home, Observatory, Johannesburg
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 JOHANNESBURG (BRIXTON) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 C. of E. Sec. Grave 808.

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