BAYLIS, William Ormond
| Service Number: | 1117 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ensay, Gippsland, Victoria, 7 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Bronchial Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Devonport, England, 11 August 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Devon, England, |
| Memorials: | Ensay War Memorial, Reedy Flat War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1117, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1117, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 11th August…… William Ormond Baylis was born at Ensay, Gippsland, Victoria on 7th September, 1897.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 17th March, 1916 as an 18 year old, single, Farm Hand from c/o Mr J. Angus (Orme’s grandfather), Ensay, Gippsland, Victoria.
Private William Ormond Bayliss, (Surname as per Embarkation Roll) Service number 1117, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Runic (A54) on 20th June, 1916 with the 10th Infantry Brigade, 38th Infantry Battalion, “D” Company. He was admitted to Ship’s Hospital with a Chill while at Sea on 25th July, 1916. Private Baylis disembarked at Plymouth, England on 10th August, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 10th August, 1916 Private Baylis was admitted to Military Hospital at Devonport & was reported to be dangerously ill. The Hospital Admission form recorded “Admitted with Double Pneumonia, cyanised, collapsed. Died at 11 am.”
Private William Ormond Baylis died at 11 am on 11th August, 1916 at Military Hospital, Devonport, England from Pneumonia. Two temperature charts for Private Baylis are located in his Service Record file – one recorded his disease as “Bronchal Pneumonia” & the other chart recorded his disease as “Measles”.
He was buried on 15th August, 1916 in General Ground, Eggbuckland Cemetery – Grave No. 3950.
This is now recorded by CWGC as Efford Cemetery, Plymouth, Devon, England – Grave Number - General C. 3950 and he now has a Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/a---f.html
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