Francis Joseph Bayldon

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Francis Joseph Bayldon
Born	April 23, 1872 Partney, Lincolnshire, England
Died	July 21, 1948 Edgecliff, Australia
Burial place	Bayldon Shoals 09°08′S, 160°08′E
Other names	Gentle Annie
Employers	Burns Philp
Title	M.B.E. 1938
Religious beliefs	Anglican
Spouse	Stella Clare Summerbelle
Children	Dr. Francis Wood Bayldon
Parents	Rev. Joe Wood Bayldon, Jessie Caroline Nicholls

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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	July 21, 1948
PLACE OF DEATH	Australia