BAULCH, Leith Silas David
| Service Number: | 6473 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 August 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Macarthur, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Macarthur, Moyne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Hamilton State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Hamilton Wesleyan Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6473, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6473, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6473, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 9 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6473, Gunshot wound to the right thigh and evacuated to England on the 17 May 1917 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Silas BAULCH and Emily BAULCH nee BROWN, Macarthur, Victoria.
June 1917 - Word has been received from Base Records by Mr. Silas Baulch, of Burns-street, that his son, Private L. S. D. Baulch, had been admitted to the Royal Victorian hospital in England suffering from gunshot wounds. Later a cable message from Private Baulch states that he is getting on well.
Just 13 months later Leith had been killed in action.
THE LATE PRIVATE L. S. D. BAULCH
In expressing the sympathy of the members of his company in the death on active service, of Private L.S.D. Baulch, Lieutenant H. Fenton writes as follows from France to the deceased's soldier's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Baulch, of Burns-street. Hamilton. "He occupied a very high place in the affection and esteem of his company, and his loss is deeply regretted by officers and men alike.''
The officer in giving particulars of the events which led up to the death of Private Baulch, stated that on the 14th April his platoon occupied an advanced position in the line hastily formed to impede the German advance in the vicinity of Nieppe Forest, when under cover of very heavy trench-mortar and machine gun fire, the enemy attacked the posts in force and took the position after practically blowing the company out of their trenches and almost annihilating the platoon, three others besides the officer in command being the only ones to come through unwounded. Both before and after the engagement Private Baulch behaved splendidly, and with the rest of the boys put up a good fight until struck down instantly.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Silas and Emily Baulch of Burns Street, Hamilton, Victoria; previously of Macarthur, Victoria. Brother of James Gordon Baulch MM
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
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