Allan Baldwin
Born 25 Jan 1887 - Died 23 Jan 1974
- Service number
- WWI 1082 AWMM
- Also known as
- Alan AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Corporal/Military AWMM 14th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd AWMM
- WW1
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Allan AWMM
- Surname
- Baldwin AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Alan AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 1082 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 25 Jan 1887 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Pre 28 Jan 1915 AWMM Milaa-Milaa, via Cairns AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs Ellen Baldwin (mother), Okaiawa, Normanby, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 20 Aug 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
- Pre 28 Jan 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Suvla AWMM
- Sari Bair AWMM
- Rumani AWMM
- 23 Dec 1916 AWMM Battle of Magdhaba (23 Dec 1916 ) AWMM
- Sinai & Palestine AWMM
- Gaza-Beersheba AWMM
- 13 Nov 1917 AWMM El Mughar (13 Nov 1917) AWMM
- Nebi Samwil AWMM
- Jerusalem AWMM
- 1917 AWMM Jaffa AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 1082 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
DCM. 1918. London Gazette, 3 September 1919. 11182 page 5. Serving with 1st LH Brigade 2nd Aust Light Horse Division AWMM - 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- 1916 Qualified as Signalling, School of Instruction, Cairo, Egypt AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 28 Jan 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
Age 26 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra - WW1 Private Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AIF, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- WW1 28 Jan 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Vessel was Shropshire AWMM Private Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AIF, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Australian Imperial Force (AIF) AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Other, Unknown Period AWMM
Cut 3 inches in length in front left shin AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Malaria AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Gassed (Mustard) AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Shrapnel wounds AWMM - Height, WWI AWMM
5 feet 7 inches AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
140 lbs. AWMM - Eye colour, WWI AWMM
Gray AWMM - Hair colour, WWI AWMM
Mid Brown AWMM - Chest measurement, WWI AWMM
33 inches AWMM
- Other, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Corporal/Military AWMM
14th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd AWMM - WW1 Returned to Australia AWMM
- Corporal/Military AWMM
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Biographical information
- Son of Mrs Ellen Catherine Baldwin (nee Wilson).
Recommended by Baldwin A. Pte 1082; 2nd LHR; Near Ogrhratina. "For excellent behaviour during reconnaissance of Oghratina. These men, with Pte Gibbs, formed a patrol. Gibbs was mortally wounded. Aspelt held enemy at bay til Baldwin lifted Gibbs on to a horse when both brought him out of action.".
Recommended again 1-11-17 Unit 2 LHR Rank and Name Sig. Baldwin A. "Conspicuous and devotion to duty as Signaller and Messenger. He both worked his helio and carried messages continuously under heavy shell and machine gunfire throughout the fight, though he was dazed by the explosion of a shell early in the day"
Distinguished Conduct Medal - 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On 14 July at Musellabeh Salient, when all communications with regimental headquarters were cut by the enemy bombardment before the attack, he was sent out with another signaller to repair the line. The enemy then attacked and his assistant was wounded. Baldwin helped him to a place of safety, pursued by the enemy. He then reported back to the trench regimental headquarters had been forced back to, and did excellent work re-establishing communications.' - 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 135- 11/12/1919
19.12.1915 Mudrose
04.03.1916 T-el-K
15.07.1916 Romani
03.08.1918 Field Hospital
Aspelt H. A. Pte 972 2nd LHR 26 July 1916
06.08.1918 – Transferred to Hospital – Port Said
Other hospitals: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – Rosemont Military; Hospital, Diamtina Hospital; Melbourne, Victoria – Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital
Name variously spelled as Alan and as Allan. He attests, with signature as Alan. Name listed as Allan by BDM AWMM
About death
- Death
- 23 Jan 1974 AWMM
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- Cemetery
- Mt Thompson Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - National Archives of Australia. Military Service Record.
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3046638
Further Reference
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press.
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