Earnest Baulch
Name Earnest Baulch
Number Private 5339
Battalion 60th Battalion
Place of Birth Macarthur Victoria
Next of Kin His wife Florence Baulch
Date and place of enlistment Brunswick 21/2/1916
Physical details on enlistment Age 31 years 5 months, 163 pounds, blue eyes and brown hair
Religion Methodist
Occupation Builders labourer
Date and place of death He was killed in action on 26/9/1917 at Polygon Wood
Location of grave or memorial
He was buried at the Oxford Road Cemetery Ypres
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
He and his wife lived in the Dumbalk/Dollar area in 1914
Military History
- 21/2/16 He enlisted in Brunswick
- 4/4/1916 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Euripides
- 12/5/1916 He disembarked Egypt
- 24/5/19 16 He was allotted to the 59th Battalion
- 21/6/1916 He embarked Alexandria
- 30/6/1916 He disembarked Marseilles
- 19/8/1916 He was appointed an acting sergeant at Etaples
- 7/10/1916 He reverted to Corporal
- 7/4/1917 He reverted to Private
- 13/4/1917 He transferred to the 60th Battalion
- 3/8/1917 He went to England on leave
- 14/9/1917 He returned from leave
- 5/10/1917 He was killed in action
- At the time of his death Florence was living in Maryborough
- He left everything to Florence in his will written on 5/6/1917
- 27/9/1922 Florence received his plaque
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