Arthur Gordon BALDERSON

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BALDERSON, Arthur Gordon

Service Number:	1319
Enlisted:	22 August 1914, St Kilda, Victoria
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 May 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot I, Row B, Grave 8, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, City of Brunswick Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

22 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, St Kilda, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, 1319, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, 1319, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1319, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1319 awm_unit: 2 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-05-10

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Biography

Husband of Amy Eliza Marie Balderson, 254 Drummond Street, Carlton, Victoria

Son of Harriet Balderson of Argyle Avenue, Chelsea who wrote:- To the Department of Defence requesting that his wife receive no payment, because "deserted him 2 years and 8 months prior to War". She also stated that he was "only 18 years and 11 days old when married and his wife was a wayward person". She also stated that prior to the war he had met with a solicitor to arrange for a divorce, but had put this aside due to the excitement of war

Brother of 1909 John Balderson, killed in action, Gallipoli.

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