BALDOCK, George Stanford
| Service Number: | SX947 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1939, Renmark, SA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Renmark, SA, 2 March 1904 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fruit Packer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Papua, 28 August 1942, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea A2 B 2 |
| 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 | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe 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.
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