BAGGE, Robert Nelson
| Service Number: | 3475 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3475, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3475, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3475, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3475 awm_unit: 55th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-20 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Robert Nelson BAGGE, (Service Number 3475) was born in Marrickville on 4 February 1894. He was employed as a junior porter in the Traffic Branch in Sydney from May 1914, but resigned in May, only to seek re-employment in November. The second chance was approved and on his 21st birthday he became a porter. He had also spent time in the Militia.
On 19 October 1915 he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces, though this would seem to be two months after he had enlisted at the Agricultural Showgrounds in Sydney. Unusually for men enlisting in the AIF at the age of 21, Bagge was married, to Bessie.
Taken on the strength of the 55th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt in February 1916 he moved through Alexandria to Marseilles and then onto the battlefields of France on 29 June. He was wounded in action, only three weeks later, on 20 July 1916, and died at the 14th Field Ambulance the same day. He is buried in the Sailly-sur-la-Lys Cemetery 2¼ miles ENE of Estaires, five miles SW of Armentières.
(NAA B2455-3044191)
Submitted 10 May 2023 by John Oakes
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