John Edwin BALDWIN

BALDWIN, John Edwin

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
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World War 2 Service

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 (WW2) , Corporal, VX115997, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF
6 Dec 1942: Involvement Corporal, VX115997, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

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

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