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Thomas Henry BALDEY

Regimental number5
Date of birth1876
Place of birthTenterfield, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Baldey, Tenterfield, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Divisional Cyclist Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number12/6/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateDied of disease 13 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialDurrington Cemetery (Grave No. 129), Wiltshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Henry and Mary Holmes BALDEY. Born at Tenterfield, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsNephews: 2574 Sergeant Clifford John BALDEY, 9th Bn, returned to Australia, 18 July 1919; 3034 Pte James Raymond BALDEY, 23rd Machine Gun Company, killed in action, Belgium, 13 December 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Enlisted as 1517 Private, 9th Bn, 3rd Reinforcements, on 24 December 1914. Returned to Australia, 4 May 1915. Died in Military Hospital, Fargo, Wiltshire, England.

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