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Captain WILLIAM JAMES BAKER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rhodesia Native Regiment

Date of Death

Died 29 March 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IRINGA CEMETERY

IX. A. 5.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Croix de Guerre (France). Son of W. G. and Marion Baker (nee Taylor); husband of Violet Baker (nee Tapson), of 20, Suffolk Rd., Berea, East London, Cape Province. Born in London, England.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
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Buried or commemorated at

IRINGA CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 148
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