Alfred BALDWIN

BALDWIN, Alfred

Service Number: 900
Enlisted: 19 August 1914, Echuca, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
Born: Whroo, Victoria, Australia, 12 January 1891
Home Town: Whroo, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling: Whroo State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Telegraph employee
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No.2 Outpost Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 900, 7th Infantry Battalion, Echuca, Victoria
19 Oct 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 900, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 900, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 900, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

900 Private Alfred Baldwin of Whroo near Rushworth Victoria. Alf worked at the post office in Rushworth. He was 23 years of age when he died near Fishermans Hut. Alf Baldwin’s three brothers Robert, George and James Baldwin all enlisted in the AIF later in the war. Alf Baldwin was one of 3 Rushworth volunteers who died near the landing boats of the 7th Battalion on 25 April 1915.