Francis Joseph Bayldon

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name=Francis Joseph Bayldon


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caption=Dimensional sketch of HM Bark "Endeavour" by Bayldon dated 1923
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birth_date=April 23, 1872
birth_place=Partney, Lincolnshire, England
death_date=July 21, 1948
death_place=Edgecliff, Australia
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resting_place=Bayldon Shoals
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other_names=Gentle Annie
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employer=Burns Philp
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title=M.B.E. 1938
religion=Anglican
spouse=Stella Clare Summerbelle
children=Dr. Francis Wood Bayldon
parents=Rev. Joe Wood Bayldon, Jessie Caroline Nicholls
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Francis Joseph Bayldon (1872-1948) was an Australian master mariner and nautical instructor. Born in England, he was apprenticed to Devitt & Moore, and was an officer on their passenger ships, on a route that circled the globe, around the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn. He was later with the Canadian-Australian Line, sailing between Vancouver and Sydney, Australia. He was on the Burns Philp ship, the "Moresby" in 1901-1902.

He helped correct nautical charts for Pacific navigation. Bayldon Shoals, near Tulagi in the Solomon Islands is named for him. [cite web |last=Phillips |first=Nan |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography-Online edition: Bayldon, Francis Joseph (1872-1948) |url=http://www.abd.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070216b.htm |accessdate=2008-01-19]

He was a fellow of the Royal Australian Historical Society, and in 1925, published an article on the journeys of Torres fron the New Hebrides to the Moluccas. [Bayldon, FJ: Voyage of Luis Vaez de Torres. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society xvi.133-46 1925] He was also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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NAME=Francis Joseph Bayldon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Gentle Annie
SHORT DESCRIPTION=master mariner, nautical instructor
DATE OF BIRTH+April23, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH+Lincolnshire, England
DATE OF DEATH=July 21, 1948
PLACE OF DEATH=Australia