Robert Nelson BAGGE

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BAGGE, Robert Nelson

Service Number:	3475
Enlisted:	6 September 1915, Agricultural Ground, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Marrickville Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Railway Porter
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 2. Inscription: THOUGH LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3475, Agricultural Ground, New South Wales
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3475, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3475, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 17th Infantry Battalion
19 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per HT "Caledonian"
29 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3475, 55th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3475, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Died of Wounds received in action at 14th Field Ambulance in the field, France.
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3475, 55th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3475 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board

Robert Nelson BAGGE, (Service Number 3475) was born in Marrickville on 4 February 1894. He was employed as a junior porter in the Traffic Branch in Sydney from May 1914, but resigned in May, only to seek re-employment in November. The second chance was approved and on his 21st birthday he became a porter. He had also spent time in the Militia.
On 19 October 1915 he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces, though this would seem to be two months after he had enlisted at the Agricultural Showgrounds in Sydney. Unusually for men enlisting in the AIF at the age of 21, Bagge was married, to Bessie.
Taken on the strength of the 55th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt in February 1916 he moved through Alexandria to Marseilles and then onto the battlefields of France on 29 June. He was wounded in action, only three weeks later, on 20 July 1916, and died at the 14th Field Ambulance the same day. He is buried in the Sailly-sur-la-Lys Cemetery 2¼ miles ENE of Estaires, five miles SW of Armentières.
(NAA B2455-3044191)

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