Reginald Francis BAILLIEU MC

BAILLIEU, Reginald Francis

    Service Number: 154
    Enlisted: 1 February 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    Born: Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, 17 March 1896
    Home Town: St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: 18 January 1965, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Feb 1916: Enlisted Private, 154, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Melbourne, Vic.
    1 Mar 1916: Promoted Corporal, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Melbourne, Vic.
    16 Mar 1916: Involvement 154, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
    16 Mar 1916: Embarked 154, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
    11 Jul 1916: Promoted Sergeant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Egypt
    21 Aug 1916: Promoted Second Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Egypt
    24 Oct 1916: Promoted Flying Officer, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Egypt
    24 Jan 1917: Promoted Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Palestine
    26 Mar 1917: Involvement Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Battles of Gaza
    27 Mar 1917: Honoured Military Cross, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in saving another pilot under heavy rifle fire.
    15 Aug 1917: Promoted Captain, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, England
    16 May 1918: Discharged Captain, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RTA 30 January 1918. Appointment terminated as medically unfit for service (right knee).

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Military Cross citation:

    ''For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Accompanied by his observer, he descended to the rescue of a pilot who had been forced to land and who had set his machine on fire. He landed safely on difficult ground, and, in spite of the close proximity of the enemy, succeeded in rescuing the pilot and in carrying off his two passengers under a close and heavy rifle fire.''

    Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140
    Date: 27 August 1917

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