Regimental number | 1377 |
Place of birth | Newtown, New South Wales |
School | Public School, Five Dock, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Junior clerk |
Address | 4 Stanley Street, Stanmore, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 114 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Arthur John Baldwin, 4 Stanley Street, Stanmore, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served as SGT/MAJOR, Senior Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/11/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Field Company Engineers |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Bullecourt, France |
Age at death from cemetery records | 19 |
Place of burial | Dernacourt Communal Cemetery Extension (PlotI V, Row H, Grave No. 26), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Arthur John and Kate Baldwin, 'Franklyn', Waterview Street, Five Dock, New South Wales. |
Family/military connections | Brother: 43 Sergeant Arthur Alfred Baron BALDWIN, 1st Field Company Engineers, killed in action, 21 September 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Joined miscellaneous reinforcements, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 17 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 28 May 1916. Embarked Christchurch, England, 16 August 1916; disembarked France, 18 August 1916; marched into 1st Australian Division Base Depot, Etaples, 18 August 1916; marched out to unit, 27 August 1916; taken on strength, 1st Field Company Engineers, 28 August 1916. Admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance, 27 September 1916 (influenza); transferred to 1st Field Ambulance Divisional Rest Station, 27 September 1916; discharged to duty, 6 October 1916; rejoined unit, 7 October 1916. Wounded in action, France, 1 February 1917; admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 1 February 1917 (shrapnel wound, compound fracture skull); transferred to 45th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 February 1917; died of wounds, 2 February 1917. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BALDWIN Harry Franklin |