Eric Victor BALDWIN

BALDWIN, Eric Victor

    Service Number: 2116
    Enlisted: 25 April 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 53rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Compositor
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2116, Depot Battalion , Liverpool, New South Wales
    16 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
    16 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- Gallipoli
    6 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
    28 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation ex H.M.T. "Huntsgreen"
    14 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 1st Infantry Battalion
    1 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 53rd Infantry Battalion, To -- School of Instruction Zeitoun -- Ismailia
    12 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Rejoined Unit -- Ismailia
    12 Jun 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion
    19 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2116, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Royal George"
    28 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2116, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2116, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2116, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2116 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    His half-brother 3976 Pte. William Harold Baldwin 2nd Battalion was killed in action at Pozieres five days later on 24 July 1916. They both had the same father, William Henry Baldwin who had remarried after the death of his first wife in 1887. William Harold Baldwin was from the first marriage and Eric Victor Baldwin from the second marriage.

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