Eric Victor BALDWIN

BALDWIN, Eric Victor

    Service Number: 2116
    Enlisted: 15 April 1915
    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, 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

    15 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion
    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
    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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