Charles William Baker

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Phipps Baker and Ada Frances Baker, of Russell, Bay of Plenty.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“A reward of £2OO for information leading to the recovery of the aircraft in which his son, Leading-Aircraft-man Charles William Baker, aged 21, and Leading-Aircraftman Winston Stanley Cannell, of Matamata, are missing from the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Ohakea, is offered by Mr W. B. Baker, of Russell.” [Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 303, 26 November 1941, Page 7]

The aircraft, an Oxford trainer, had crashed into trees near Maunganui Peak, 10 miles north of Upper Hutt, and was not found until April 1943.

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Casualty

Service Number:

413804

Name:

Charles William Baker

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mr W.P. Baker, Russell, Bay of Islands, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

20 November 1941

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Russell (Christ Church) Anglican Churchyard

Cemetery Reference:

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand