Robert Douglas BALDIE

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BALDIE, Robert Douglas

Service Number:	87
Enlisted:	23 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	New Farm State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Warehouseman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row B, Grave 14
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, New Farm Bowling Club Honour Roll, New Farm State School War Memorial

World War 1 Service

23 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 87, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 87, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane

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Biography

Son of John and Isabella Baldie, Valley, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Victoria, Australia

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His older brother 88 Corporal David William Baldie, 6th Light Horse Regiment, died of wounds inflicted at Gallipoli only four weeks later, aboard a hospital ship, and was buried at sea. He was 22 years old. The brothers were the only two sons of their parents.

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