John McDonald BAILLIE

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BAILLIE, John McDonald

Service Number:	400
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	39th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rogart, Sutherland, Scotland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Armentières, France, 8 January 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres Grave IV. C. 36. Personal Inscription A BRITISH GENTLEMAN
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

27 May 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 400, 39th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916:	Embarked Sergeant, 400, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was 48 and the son of John and Jean Baillie; husband of E Baillie of Johnstone Street, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.

Emigrated to Australia aged 20.
Enlisted: 11.1.16 Melbourne, Australia
Formerly served in 34th Fortress Company, (Royal) Engineers and Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

Remembered on the Rogart War Memorial.

Rogart (Scottish Gaelic: Raoghard, meaning "great enclosed field" is a small village in Sutherland, Highland, Scotland.

It was originally a scattered crofting village, until the opening of the Rogart railway station at Pittentrail 1 1⁄2 miles to the southeast. A newer industrial village grew after the arrival of the railway in 1886, with the older village remaining.

The village of Golspie is 9 miles east of Rogart.

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