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BAILEY, William
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 8, 8A |
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Enlisted: | 9 June 1915, Woomelang, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Beulah, Victoria, Aiustralia, April 1895 |
Home Town: | Woomelang, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
Schooling: | Woomelang Public School, Victoria, Aiustralia |
Occupation: | Farm labourer |
Died: | Killed In Action, France, 25 October 1916 |
Cemetery: |
AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...8A Private William Bailey, 31st Battalion, of Beulah, Vic. Pte Bailey enlisted on 9 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wandilla on 9 November 1915. He also served with the 8th Brigade Headquarters. He was killed in action on 25 October 1916 in France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)