BALDOCK, Herbert
| Service Number: | 1794 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1916, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kimberley, Tasmania, 4 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Kimberley, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Kimberley State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Suicide (throat cut), Wesley Vale, Tasmania, 21 March 1949, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Latrobe General Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Deloraine War Memorial, Kimberley Honour Roll, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 30 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1794, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1794, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1794, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart | |
| 31 May 1917: | Wounded Private, 1794, 40th Infantry Battalion, GSW (back, buttock and elbow) | |
| 17 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1794, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Three brothers at the War;
6971 Pte. Walter John Baldock (/explore/people/259716) b. 29 Jul 1890, d. 23 Aug 1918 killed in action in France.
4288 Pte. Edgar Baldock (/explore/people/51580) b. 07 Aug 1894, d. 04 Oct 1917 killed in action in Belgium.
1794 Pte. Herbert Baldock b. 04 Nov1896, d. 21 Mar 1949 in Tasmania
"FOUND WITH THROAT CUT
The body, of Herbert Baldock (52), married, was found near his home at Wesley Vale yesterday morning with his throat slit. A razor was found near his right hand. Baldock, a returned man of the 1914-18 war, had been in ill health for a considerable time. An inquest was opened before the Coroner (Mr. J. C. Paice), at La-trobe, and adjourned. Some time ago Baldock had found another man with his throat cut and a razor in his hand only a few yards from the spot where he died." - from the Hobart Mercury 22 Mar 1949 (nla.gov.au)
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