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Sergeant
Frank Sidney Baker
1919/04/16 - Born Willesden, London
Son of Alpheus and Maria (nee Carter) Baker
Brother to George
Occupation Railway Clerk
1939/10/08 - Enlisted
Next of kin - Father, Alpheus Baker, 45 Pembury Avenue, Penwortham
Royal Corps of Signals
Southern Area Signals
Service
Operator Wireless and Line and Dispatch Rider.
Some of Frank’s training was in Scotland, he trained with Lord Lovat's Commandoes near Fort William.
Japanese PoW
PoW No. M-388
Japanese Index Card - Side One
Japanese Index Card - Side Two
1942/10/25 - Transported overland to Thailand Letter Party ‘X’, train 1
19th train to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. C.E. Morrison, 1st Leicesters
Work Group 4
New PoW No. IV 2546
1942/11/01 - Chungkai, 60km from Nong Pladuk
1943/06/20 - L of C Party (Working on communication lines)
1944/10/10 - Linson, 202.5km from Nong Pladuk
Commander Major Nelson
1945/05/01 - Tha Muang, 38.9km from Nong Pladuk
New PoW No. IV 2341
1945/08/30 - Liberated Thailand
Transported to Rangoon, Burma
Liberation Questionnaire
Repatriated
1945/09/21 - SS Orduna sailed from Rangoon
With 313 Officers, 1390 Other Ranks and 1 Marine
1945/09/27 - Colombo, Ceylon
1945/10/10 - Port Said
1945/10/19- Arrived Liverpool.
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Defence Medal
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Pacific Star
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War Medal
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1939-1945 Star
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Post War
1946/01/05 - Married Jennie Smith in Chorley Lancashire
Frank had returned to his job on British Rail and stayed a railway man all his working life. Frank’s job on the railway included being a Railway Detective.
They were blessed with three boys, Austin , John and Robert (known as Bob)
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John and Austin
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Tragedy struck when their eldest son Austin died of polio when he was seven.
Bob and John together with a friend.
John was in the same Corps as Frank and a Junior Leader at Denbury.
The location of the picture is Catterick about 1966/7.
Died
Frank died 26th November 1992
At Chorley, Lancashire
Information
John Baker - Son
Andrew Snow - Thailand Burma Railway Centre
Japanese Transports
Thailand-Burma Railway
Repatriation SS Orduna
Liberation Questionnaire - COFEPOW
KEW Files:- WO 392/23, WO 361/2172, WO 345/3, WO 361/1979, WO 361/1954, WO 361/2196, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2167, WO 361/2189,
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