Baldie, William David (Lieutenant, b.? - d.1918)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0086
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Baldie, William David
Place made At sea, France, South Africa: Cape Colony, Cape Town, United Kingdom: England, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain, United Kingdom: England, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain, Salisbury
Date made 1917-1918
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/1900
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

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Description

Collection relating to the service of 2nd Lieutenant William David Baldie, 24 Battalion, France, 1918. Collection contains letters written to his family and describe his voyage over and training at officer school. Collection also includes letter written by Baldie to mutual friends on the death of 2nd Lieutenant Percy William Salmon who died on 1 September 1918.

History / Summary

Baldie's letter to his mother describes his feelings of loss of his friend, as does the letter he wrote to their mutual friends.

Biographical note: , 2nd Lieutenant William David Baldie, 24 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Killed in action, France, 5 October 1918. Son of James and Bridget Annie Baldie. Native of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.