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Robert George BAILLIE

Regimental number1049
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolPrince's Hill State School, North Carlton, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
Address7 Garten Street, Princes Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Phillip Irwin, 7 Garten Street, Princess Hill, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets
Enlistment date5 February 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 February 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Place of burialReading Cemetery (72, 16472), Berkshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Proceeded to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 30 August 1915; admitted to 6th Field Ambulance, Anzac, 18 October 1915 (ulcers on leg); transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 18 October 1915; to hospital ship, 19 October 1915; to Florana Hospital, Malta, 24 October 1915; to All Saints Casualty Clearing Station, Malta, 12 November 1915.

[no details of service from November 1915 to March 1916, except that he was in Egypt].

Embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 26 March 1916.

Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 13 November 1916 (rheumatism); transferred to Rest Station, 13 November 1916.

Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 22 December 1916 (pyrexia of unknown origin); to 2nd Canadian General Hospital, Le Toquet, 25 December 1916; embarked for England, 29 December 1916 (bronchitis); admitted to Norfolk War Hospital, England, 30 December 1916; discharged on furlough, 16 January 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 17 February 1917.

Transferred to 65th Bn, England, 23 March 1917; appointed Temporary Driver, 23 March 1917.

To be Temporary Corporal, 12 July 1917; to be Corporal, 12 July 1917.

Transferred to 22nd Bn, 21 August 1917.

Detached to Imperial School of Instruction, 24 September 1917; qualified as Shoeing Smith, 7 February 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 March 1918; marched into Australian Intermediate Base Depot, Havre, France, 5 March 1918; marched out to unit, 7 March 1918; rejoined 22nd Bn, 9 March 1918.

Wounded in action, 19 May 1918; admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 19 May 1918 (gun shot wound, left leg); transferred to 61st Casualty Clearing Station, 19 May 1918; to Ambulance Train, 23 May 1918; to 4th General Hospital, Etaples, 23 May 1918; to England, 3 June 1918; to Reading War Hospital, England, 3 June 1918; died of wounds, 1 September 1918 (gun shot wound, left thigh amputated, septicaemia).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAILLIE Robert George

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