BALDOCK, Edgar
| Service Number: | 4288 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1915, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Middle Plains, Tasmania, 7 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kimberley, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Kimberley State School |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Deloraine War Memorial, Kimberley Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 12th Infantry Battalion, Hobart, Tasmania | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4288, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4288 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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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 b. 07 Aug 1894, d. 04 Oct 1917 killed in action in Belgium.
1794 Pte. Herbert Baldock (/explore/people/302384) b. 04 Nov1896, d. 21 Mar 1949 in Tasmania
"Mrs H. Jones, of Kimberley, was informed on Thursday by the Rev. Best, of Sheffield, that her son, Private Edgar Baldock, had died of wounds received in France. The deepest sympathy is expressed through the district for the bereaved parents, there being two other sons serving for the Empire. Private Baldock was well-known and highly respected. He was a native of the district." - from the Launceston Daily Telegraph 27 Oct 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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