BAPTIST, John Eric
| Service Number: | 2332 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Printer |
| Died: | 8 May 1948, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Gore Hill Cemetery, New South Wales Catholic New Section, Sect: H, 43 Interred-10/05/1948 aged 56 Address:53 Castlereagh Street Sydney. Also Mary Baptist-mother? |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 2332 | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2332, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2332, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Regimental number-2332
Next of kin
Mother, Mrs M Baptist, L6 Eden Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll-20 July 1915
Rank on enlistment-Private
Unit name
17th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number-23/34/2
Age at embarkation-23
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal Roll-Private
Unit from Nominal Roll-55th Battalion
Returned to Australia 24 August 1918
There is a plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Additional Information from Gore Hill Cemetery Graves Index:
Baptist. Patrick John - Age 65, buried 20/09/1918. Other notes: North Sydney. Day book shows section H Lot 48.
Baptist. Mary - Age 75, buried 15/07/1935. Other notes: Died Home of Peace Marrickville. Also John Eric Baptist
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