William John BAULCH

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BAULCH, William John

Service Number:	2566
Enlisted:	2 August 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Curdie's River, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Lexton, Pyrenees, Victoria
Schooling:	Shirley School, via Beaufort, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 1 December 1916
Cemetery:	Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt II F 20
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avoca & Lexton District Roll of Honor, Boys of the Shirley School Pictorial Honour Roll, Lexton A.N.A. Branch 91 Pictorial Roll of Honour, Lismore War Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2566, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
27 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 2566, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 2566, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2566, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
30 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2566, 58th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW to head sustained near Flers. Evacuated to 1st Anzac Main Dressing Station, where he died of his wounds the next day.
1 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2566, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2566 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-01

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Charles and Elizabeth Mary BAULCH, Ballarat Road, Lexton, Victoria

BAULCH.- In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private William John Baulch, who died of wounds on 1st December, 1916, at the Somme, in France, a good, kind, and faithful son and brother, aged 37½ years. How we miss him no tongue can tell. Always thoughtful and kind, liked by all. His merry laugh won him many friends on the battle-field. May we all so live to meet him by and by.
—(Inserted by his sorrowing father and mother, brothers, and sisters, Ballarat road, Lexton.

BAULCH.- In loving memory of Private W. J. Baulch, late of Lexton, who gave his life for home and country, December 1, 1916, best mate of our late dear brother, Gren. G. S. Naylor. He fell in field of battle, Struck down by a passing shell; He was carried in by his comrades, And his mate who loved him so well.

—(Inserted by his sincere friends, Mrs. and Mr. J. McErvale, Camperdown.)

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