George Stanford BALDOCK

BALDOCK, George Stanford

Service Number: SX947
Enlisted: 11 November 1939, Renmark, SA
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Renmark, SA, 2 March 1904
Home Town: Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fruit Packer
Died: Died of wounds, Papua, 28 August 1942, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
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Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Renmark District Roll of Honour WW2
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World War 2 Service

11 Nov 1939: Involvement Sergeant, SX947, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
11 Nov 1939: Enlisted Renmark, SA
11 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX947, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William and Pamela Baldock; husband of Dorothy Catherine Eunson Baldock, of Mile End, South Australia.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ALL HE LOVED. A SOLDIER AND A MAN

Mrs. G. S. Baldock. of Henley Beach road. Mile End, has been advised that her husband. Set. G. S. Baldock, died of wounds on August 28.  Sgt. Baldock enlisted in November 1939 and left for overseas in May 1940. He served in England, Tobruk and Syria, and returned to Australia last March. Before  enlisting he was employed at Crowe & Newcombe's, Renmark  and was also conductor of the Renmark Citizens' Band. He has two younger brothers in the AIF.

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