Tasmanian War Casualties

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Baldock Edgar

Born 7^th August 1894 Deloraine Tasmania the son of Henry and Hannah Maria Baldock (nee Jago) a farm labourer he embarked Melbourne 5^th January 1916 on board “HMAT Afric” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was serving with the 3^rd Machine Gun Company when he died 4^th October 1917 in Belgium from wounds received in the field and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium

His brother Walter John Baldock (No 6971) was killed in action in France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. Another brother Herbert returned home wounded

On Thursday Mrs. H. Jones received the sad news that her son, Edgar Baldock, was killed in action on October 4. Two other brothers are at the front.

Examiner Launceston 27^th October 1917

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