John Edwin BALDWIN

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Service Numbers:	V42948, VX115997
Enlisted:	11 March 1941, Warragul, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	39 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, 28 November 1919
Home Town:	Nilma, Baw Baw, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Dairy farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gona, Papua New Guinea, 6 December 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Plot C, Row C, Grave 8.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St. Arnaud Cpl J E Baldwin Memorial Plaque, Warragul War Memorial

11 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Private, V42948, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Warragul, Victoria
9 Oct 1941:	Transferred 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Seymour
11 Oct 1942:	Promoted Corporal, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Port Moresby
26 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Private, VX115997, 39th Infantry Battalion, Port Moresby
26 Oct 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX115997, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF
6 Dec 1942:	Involvement Corporal, VX115997, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Son of John William Robert and Mary Baldwin, of Nilma, Victoria.

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