Robert Porteous Baillie

Forenames

Robert Porteous AWMM

Surname

Baillie AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/159 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

20 Apr 1890 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Comden Chambers, 202 Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Alexander Baillie (brother), Collins Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/159 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 8" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  164 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Trooper AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Piha Lion Rock, Piha War Memorial, Piha 0772 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272338
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/679731/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/679731
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 28
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.