BALDWIN, Eric Victor
Service Number: | 2116 |
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Enlisted: | 15 April 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, 1891 |
Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Compositor |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Superior Public School Great War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
15 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
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16 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
16 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2116, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2116, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2116 awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His half-brother 3976 Pte. William Harold Baldwin 2nd Battalion was killed in action at Pozieres five days later on 24 July 1916. They both had the same father, William Henry Baldwin who had remarried after the death of his first wife in 1887. William Harold Baldwin was from the first marriage and Eric Victor Baldwin from the second marriage.