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BAGGOTT, George Edwin
| Service Numbers: | 2155, S824 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4MD / SA & NT Area Lines of Communication |
| Born: | Robe, Limestone Coast, South Australia, 15 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 4 June 1943, aged 45 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 4S, Site No: 25 |
| Memorials: | Compton Presbyterian Sunday School Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier High School Great War Roll of Honor, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2155, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2155, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 2155, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days", Returned to Australia 3 March 1919 | |
| 6 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2155, 11th Field Artillery Brigade |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Aug 1940: | Involvement Staff Sergeant, S824, 4MD / SA & NT Area Lines of Communication, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
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| 26 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Staff Sergeant, S824, Keswick, South Australia | |
| 26 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, S824 | |
| 18 May 1942: | Discharged Staff Sergeant, S824 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graeme Roulstone
2155 George Edwin BAGGOTT was born on 15 February 1898 at Robe, South Australia. He attended school at Compton Downs before being enrolled at Mount Gambier High School on 7 October 1912 by his father, Archibald Ingram Baggott, who was the manager of the Border Preserve Works at Compton. He left the school on 6 March 1913.
He enlisted in October 1915 (claimed to be 21, bank clerk, single, Church of England) naming his mother, Mrs Mary Ann Baggott of Mount Gambier, as his next of kin, and embarked from Adelaide on the ‘Miltiades’ in February 1916. Originally intended as a reinforcement to the 32nd Battalion, he was transferred to the 4th Division Artillery in April 1916 and was shipped to France in June to be attached to the 11th Field Artillery Brigade. He served on the Western Front until leaving for return to Australia on the ‘Euripides’ in March 1919. He was discharged in June 1919. His obituary confirms the fact that he had been underage when he enlisted, being ‘only 21 when the war ended’.
Published in 'Ours: the origins and early years of Mount Gambier High School and Old Scholars who served in the Great European War' by Graeme Roulstone
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
RH Panel #4 Mount Gambier Pictorial Roll of Honour
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
The death occurred in Adelaide on June 4 of Mr. George Edwin Baggott, youngest son of Mrs. M. J. Baggott and the late Mr. A. I. Baggott, of Mount Gambier. The late Mr. George Baggott was born at Robe, but all other sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Baggott were born in New Zealand. He served in the 1914-1918 war for four years as a signaller, having enlisted at an early age, as he was only 21 when the war ended. He joined up in the present war, and at the time of his death had reached the rank of Major, being engaged in clerical work in the medical section.
The late Mr. George Baggott left Mount Gambier about 1922, and joined the Adelaide Tramway service. Later he was employed with one of the leading oil companies, and also at Holden's. He married Miss Clara Hunter, only daughter of Mr. James Hunter, of Compton, who survives him and lives at Unley. He was aged 45 years, and leaves a family of three- Jim (R.A.A.F.), Alison. and Barbara. The late Mr. Baggott leaves three sisters - Mrs. d'Ernee (Eleanor), of Mount Gambier; Mrs. L. Bauer (Laura), and Mrs. Terrison (Elizabeth). His brothers are - Archie, who is manager of a Bovril company in the Argentine, South America; Herbert, of West Australia; Allan, of Harris, Scarfe Ltd., and Charlie of the Abattoirs Meat Trust, Adelaide.
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