William Baildon

Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Baildon AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3247 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Care of George Baildon, 245 Great North Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

G.W. Baildon (father), 245 Great North Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Nov 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/3247 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 35 or HMNZT 36 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Tofua AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

William Baildon was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Baildon, of 245, Great North Rd., Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Next of Kin: Mr G. Baildon, 245 Gt Nth Rd, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

24 Aug 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM IV. R. 8. AWMM

Obituary

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22275954
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/294735/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/294735
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 27
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  1918, Third term. p.27.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.