Robert Porteous BAILLIE

Regimental number13/159
Date of birth20 April 1890
Place of birthWallsend, New South Wales, Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStenographer and typist
AddressComden Chambers, 202 Queen Street, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 8"
Weight164 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Alexander Baillie, Collins Street, Gisborne
Previous military serviceMember for 2 years of Fiji Rifle Association.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAuckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on 16 October 1914
The Auckland Mounted Rifles, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 8 'Star of India' and HMNZT 12 'Waimana'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Agnes Baillie, Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Posed to unit, Gallipoli, 30 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Sarpi Camp, Lemnos, 31 October 1915, concluded 'Reasonable to suppose Dead, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22272338

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