Regimental number | 3019 |
Place of birth | Sydney New South Wales |
School | Fort Street State School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Faraday Avenue, Rose Bay, New South Wales |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M A Baldwin, Euroma Faraday Avenue, Rose Bay, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets, St George's Rifles, 'Legion of Frontiersmen'. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 18th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/35/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal 'Great bravery and devotion to duty at Pozieres.' Recommendation date: Mentioned in Despatches 'Great skill, courage and coolness, resulting in valuable service being rendered. (Ligny, France, 2 March 1917)' Recommendation date: |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Awarded the Military Medal. Grandson of Charles Harpur, poet. Portrait of CCH Baldwin is in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, New South Wales. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Bapaume, Somme Sector, France |
Date of death | |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Warlencourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave 14), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 35 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas George and Mary Aveluen Baldwin, "Euroma", Faraday Avenue, Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales |
Medals |
Military Medal 'At POZIERES, FRANCE on 18th. August for great bravery in carrying messages under heavy sniping and shell fire. He was obliged to pass over ground where many had been hit. This he did continuously and throughout the day and later volunteered to go and bring up parties over very dangerous ground. His example was simply splendid.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 62 Date: |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |