Regimental number | 64538 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Gregre Village, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Marital status | Single |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 142 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, John Baldwin, Moe, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil (previously rejected on account of cardiac) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th General Service Reinforcements, Victoria (Egypt) |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Darwin on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Embarked Sydney, 14 September 1918; admitted to ship's hospital, at sea, 21 September 1918 (influenza); discharged from ship's hospital, 23 September 1919; found guilty, at sea, 17 October 1918, of receiving, knowing them to be stolen, goods the property of a comrade: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No 2; found guilty, at sea, 30 September 1918, of neglecting to carry out Routine Order 2 paragraph 6: deprived of 2 days' pay; disembarked Suez, 19 October 1918, and marched in to Central Training Depot, Moascar. Marched Rest Camp, Port Said, 10 November 1918. Marched in to Australian Army Medical Corps Central Training Depot, 12 December 1918. Allotted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 15 December 1918; taken on strength, in the field, 17 December 1918. Found guilty, 28 January 1919, of being absent from evening stable parade without permission: deprived of 5 days' pay. Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 21 May 1919 (veneral disease: gonorrhoea); discharged, 2 July 19191; total period of treatment for veneral disease: 43 days. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Oxfordshire', 10 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 13 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Melbourne, 28 August 1919. Medal: British War Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Name does not appear on Embarkation Roll. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BALDWIN James Marshall |