BAILEY, Alfred
| Service Number: | 597 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coventry, England, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bablake School, Coventry, England |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 26 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 19, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 597, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 597, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 597, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 597, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 597 awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-26 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Alfred BAILEY, (Service Number 597) was born in Coventry, England on 19 June 1886. In January 1911 he found temporary employment as a fitter at Randwick Tram Workshops, and he was made a permanent employee in May of the next year. Some important issue must have arisen at home in England for in April 1913 he sought six months leave without pay to visit there. This was granted with no guarantee of re-employment, and with loss of seniority.
Apparently, he did regain his job, though this fact is not recorded on his card, for on 4 September he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces, and on the same day enlisted in the AIF. He embarked on HMAT ‘Euripides’ on 10 October 1914 as an Armourer Corporal, leaving his fiancée, Ida Bellchambers. (In 1967 Ida claimed the Gallipoli Medallion, struck by the Commonwealth to mark the 50th anniversary, as the beneficiary of his will and identified herself as his fiancée.)
Alfred Bailey probably landed on Gallipoli on Anzac Day. He was certainly killed in action there the next day, 26 April, though his body was never recovered. His name is engraved on the Lone Pine Memorial.
(NAA B2455-3044361)
Submitted 10 May 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was 33 Brighton Street, Petersham, NSW.
Son of Thomas Bailey of 33 Swanswell Terrace, Coventry, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the British Territorials
Served his apprenticeship with Alfred Herbert Tool Traders of Coventry, England