BALDWYN, Arthur William
| Service Number: | 1654 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Conderton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cudgewa, Towong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Grave XXIII. C. 3., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Apr 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1654, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Apr 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 1654, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 1654, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1654 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
Sapper Arthur William Baldwyn (1654)
Arthur was born in 1891 to Frank and Florence Baldwyn of Conderton, Tewkesbury, England. He would be one of nine siblings, two of whom would die during World War 1.
On the 29th of August, 1913, along with his older brother Harry, he boarded the Orient Steamship Otway and sailed to Australia in the hope of finding work. During the next few years, Arthur would work as a labourer in the Corryong and Tallangatta districts.
At the age of 25, Arthur enlisted on the 31st of January, 1915, in Melbourne. He would become a member of the 2nd Reinforcements for the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, embarking on HMAT A60 Aeneas at the Port of Melbourne on the 8th of April, 1916.
On the 5th of August of that year, Arthur received a gunshot wound to his left arm. After receiving initial treatment for his wound, he was taken to the 4th Australian General Hospital and then finally to England via the Hospital Ship Newhaven. It would be another six months before Arthur rejoined his unit in France.
While he was recuperating in hospital in England, one of his younger brothers, Frederick, a Private in the 1st/4th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 21st of January, 1916, while fighting in Mesopotamia with his Regiment
On the 25th of September, he received a shrapnel wound to his head and left leg. He was immediately taken to the 6th Australian Field Ambulance and then moved on to the 10th Casualty Clearing Station where, unfortunately, he succumbed to his wounds on the following day. Arthur was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
His older brother Harry, whom he had emigrated to Australia with, enlisted in the Australian Military Forces in July of 1918. However, he was discharged in December of that year, not having served overseas.
Submitted 26 September 2022 by Stephen Learmonth
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1891 BALDWYN Arthur William Tewkesbury 6a 456
He is remembered on the Finchamstead War Memorial in Berrkshire, presumably because his parents had moved from Gloucestershire to Berkshire.
Biography contributed by Stephen Learmonth
Sapper Arthur William Baldwyn (1654)
Arthur was born in May 1891 to Frank and Florence Baldwyn of Conderton, Tewkesbury, England. He would be one of nine siblings, two of whom would die during World War 1.
On the 29th of August, 1913, along with his older brother Harry, he boarded the Orient Steamship Otway and sailed to Australia hoping to find work. During the next few years, Arthur would work as a labourer in the Corryong and Tallangatta districts.
At the age of 25, Arthur enlisted on the 31st of January, 1915, in Melbourne. He would become a member of the 2nd Reinforcements for the 2nd Pioneer Battalion, embarking on HMAT A60 Aeneas at the Port of Melbourne on the 8th of April, 1916.
On August the 5th of that same year, Arthur received a gunshot wound to his left arm. After receiving initial treatment for his wound, he was taken to the 4th Australian General Hospital and then finally to England, via the Hospital Ship Newhaven. It would be another six months before Arthur rejoined his unit in France.
While he was recuperating in hospital in England, one of his younger brothers, Frederick, a Private in the 1st/4th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment, was killed in action on the 21st of January, 1916, while fighting in Mesopotamia with his Regiment.
On the 25th of September, he received a shrapnel wound to his head and left leg. He was immediately taken to the 6th Australian Field Ambulance and then moved on to the 10th Casualty Clearing Station where, unfortunately, he succumbed to his wounds on the following day. Arthur was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium.
His older brother Harry, whom he had emigrated to Australia with, enlisted in the Australian Military Forces in July of 1918. However, he was discharged in December of that year, not having served overseas.
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