BALDWIN, William Henry
| Service Number: | 16115 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Fingal, Tasmania, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Fingal, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot 1, Row B, Grave 33. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fingal Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16115, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 16115, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 16115, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 11 Aug 1918: | Involvement Driver, 16115, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 16115 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-08-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry James and Sarah Ann Baldwin of Fingal, Tasmania; brother of John Thomas Baldwin
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records.
Commemorated in Fingal Cemetery, Tasmania. Verse on tge headstone reads:
'You sleep on the blood stained fields of France
My gallant son so brave
No loving hands may place a wreath, upon your unknown grave
Though I am far away, dear Will. And your grave I cannot see
I am always thinking of you. As you used to think of me.
Inserted by his sorrowing Mother Sarah Ann Baldwin.' Parents: Henry James (b. USA, 2 October 1830; d. 8 January 1908; bu. Fingal Cemetery) and Sarah Ann BALDWIN, Fingal, Tasmania
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