Robert Porteous BAILLIE

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BAILLIE, Robert Porteous

Service Number:	13/159
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	Unspecified New Zealand Army Units
Born:	Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 20 April 1890
Home Town:	Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stenographer & Typist for Fiji Government
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement Trooper, 13/159, Unspecified New Zealand Army Units

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Biography contributed

Son of Matthew and Agnes Baillie, of Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Enlisted 17 August 1914 Auckland Mounted Rifles NZEF

Any Digger who has recollection of the fate of 13/159, Tpr. Robert Porteous Baillie, 3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles, reported missing and believed killed in action on Aug. 8, 1915, at Lone Pine. — Wanted by John Baillie, "Mercury" office, Lithgow (N.S.W.).

Mr. Matthew Baillie, of Cessnock, has been notified of the death of his son, Private Robert Porteous Baillie, who had previously been reported missing. Private Baillie was attached to the New Zealand forces, having enlisted in the Dominion soon after the outbreak of war. News of his death was sent to Rev. Reay-Campbell of Cessnock.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Robert Baillie died during the desperate fighting at Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915. Five sons of Matthew and Agnes Baillie of Cessnock enlisted during WW1. The other four all served with the Australian Imperial Force.

Robert’s older brother, 1275 Private William Baillie 54th Battalion AIF was killed in action near Bullecourt on 15 May 1917, age 28.

The other three brothers all returned to Australia, 1073 Sergeant John Baillie 34th Battalion AIF (Meritorious Service Medal), Lieutenant Arthur Baillie 34th Battalion AIF, and 6959 Sergeant Matthew Baillie 9th Battalion AIF.

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