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David William BALDIE

Regimental number88
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolState School, Melbourne, Victoria, and New Farm State School, Brisbane, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStockman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, J. Baldie, Little Dean, Teneriffe, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 September 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/11/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A29 Suevic on 21 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds on Hospital Ship; buried at sea, 10 June 1915.
FateDied of wounds 9 June 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death9 June 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 4), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
5
Family/military connectionsBrother (sole): Corporal Robert Douglas BALDIE, Killed in action, Gallipoli; previously Lieutenant in the Cadets.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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