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Son of Richard Beindge Baynes and Annie Augusta Baynes, of "Fernhill," Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.

Lieutenant

Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battatlion

Mr. R.H. Baynes, was promoted to Lieutenant in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers last month, and left in the Mooltan.

Lieutenant Baynes was killed at the taking of the village Barentin-le-Petit, around which locality very servere fighting continued all day, the village being taken in the morning by the British Infantry, and afterwards captured by the Germans.  The enemy was at once drive out again, and it was while the re-capture was in progress that Lieut. Baynes was killed.  He had led this men most heroically all day with great valor, and was leading a fierce charge when he received his fatal call.  The Colonel, in writing Mr. Baynes, says, 'It might be some little consolation to you to know that the gallant conduct of your son was one of the causes of the success we obtained that day.'  Previous to the engagement mentioned Lieut. Baynes as in the first Bit Advance on the Somme, and led his men through a veritable inferno of shot and shell on those ever memorable days of mid July.  The late Lieut. Baynes was gazetted to the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers on September 17th, 1914, after taking his B.A. Degree and Diploma of Military Science at Sydney University.  While en vyage to the seat fo war he was gazetted Lieutenant.