BALDWIN, Edward Miller
Service Numbers: | 584, 1012 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Yarraville, Melbourne, Australia, 28 February 1894 |
Home Town: | Yarraville, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Yarraville State School |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli |
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 584, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 584, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1012, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Jane D. and the late Fred Lister Baldwin.
Private Edward M. Baldwin, of E. Coy., 7th Battalion, who has been killed in the fighting at the Dardanelles, was the fourth son of Mr and Mrs F. L. Baldwin, of 106 Stephen Street, Yarraville. He was 21 years of age and was born at Yarraville. Before enlisting he was employed at the Colonial Sugar Refinery.