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BALDWIN, Raymond Gordon Wilson
| Service Number: | SX2905 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1940, Wayville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 2 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wellington Road Primary |
| Occupation: | Soldier |
| Died: | Stroke, Adelaide, South Australia, 15 December 2014, aged 93 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Maylands Methodist Church Honor Roll (Book), City of Kensington & Norwood Honour Roll World War II Book and Case, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
Peacetime
| 17 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Wayville, South Australia |
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World War 2 Service
| 17 May 1940: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
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| 17 May 1940: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SX2905, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW2 |
Peacetime
| 27 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2) |
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World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, SX2905, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945 |
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Malayan Emergency Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) |
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World War 2 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Corporal, SX2905, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, SX2905, 2nd/27th Infantry Battalion, Kokoda - Papua |
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Raymond Baldwin served in the militia/CMF, 2nd AIF and the Australian Regular Army. During the Second World War Ray saw active service with the 2/27th Australian Infantry Battalion in Syria, Papua New Guinea - Kokoda, Gona, Markham Valley, Ramu Valley and Borneo - Balikpapan. After the war he escorted enemy prisoners and was seconded to the Nuremberg Trials. He served in Malaya with the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. He remained in the Regular Army until December 1970, his final rank was Warrant Officer First Class as the Regimental Sergeant Major of the Adelaide University Regiment.
He had several service numbers during his service - SX2905; SX500357; 4/738; 4738.
In 2012 Ray travelled to Papua New Guinea as a member of a DVA Commemorative Mission to mark the 70th anniversary of the Kokoda and Beachhead battles.
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