Royston William Baldwin (28 July 1927 – 24 August 2016) was an

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er who played with

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in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Baldwin enlisted in August 1945, two weeks after his 18th birthday, and served until October 1947, spending 18 months overseas in New Britain. In 1982 he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for "services to sport in the fields of cricket and Australian rules football."

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* * 1927 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Hawthorn Football Club players Australian Army personnel of World War II Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 2016 deaths Australian Army soldiers Sportspeople from Mildura {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub