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BALDIE, Robert Douglas
Step 1: Personal Details
| Service Number: | 87 |
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| 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 |
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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