George Stanford BALDOCK

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BALDOCK, George Stanford

Service Number:	SX947
Enlisted:	11 November 1939, Renmark, SA
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Little Hampton, South Australia, Australia, 2 March 1899
Home Town:	Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Fruit Packer
Died:	Died of wounds, Papua, 28 August 1942, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea (CWGC) Burial Reference ~ Section A, Plot 2, Row B, Grave 2. Personal Inscription ~ "HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ALL HE LOVED. A SOLDIER AND A MAN"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Renmark District Roll of Honour WW2

World War 2 Service

11 Nov 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, SX947, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Renmark, SA
11 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, SX947, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of William and Pamela Baldock; husband of Dorothy Catherine Eunson Baldock, of Mile End, South Australia.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ALL HE LOVED. A SOLDIER AND A MAN

Mrs. G. S. Baldock. of Henley Beach road. Mile End, has been advised that her husband. Set. G. S. Baldock, died of wounds on August 28. Sgt. Baldock enlisted in November 1939 and left for overseas in May 1940. He served in England, Tobruk and Syria, and returned to Australia last March. Before enlisting he was employed at Crowe & Newcombe's, Renmark and was also conductor of the Renmark Citizens' Band. He has two younger brothers in the AIF.

Biography contributed by Stephen Bonald

George Stanford Baldock may have change his birthdate to further enhance his chances of enlistment.
Correct details taken from birth register:

Birth Date ~ 2 March 1899
Birth Place ~ Little Hampton
Registration Place ~ Mount Barker, South Australia Father / Mother ~ William Baldock & Pamela Crocker
Page number ~ 305
Volume Number ~ 636

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