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BAILEY, William Roy
| Service Number: | 3007 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kadina, South Australia, 2 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith, Miner |
| Died: | Adelaide, SA, 13 April 1943, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 4S, Site Number: 14 |
| Memorials: | Kadina & District WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3007, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3007, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Wounded 3007, Roy suffered a wound to the leg. He went to hospital for 6 months. | |
| 26 Mar 1917: | Wounded 3007, Roy was wounded again, but this time in the upper thigh. He once again went to hospital and then rejoined his unit to fight again. | |
| 3 Oct 1918: | Wounded 3007, 27th Infantry Battalion, Roy was wounded in action for the 3rd time and with his fighting spirit he returned to his unit after and fought for his country again. | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 3007, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sophie Fielke
William Roy was born on the 2nd of January 1894 in Kadina, South Australia. He was the child of Sarah Ann (nee Blewett) and William Bailey and had three younger sibilings. Roy was his nickname before World War One therefore many people called him Roy during the war also. Roy was not married, his religion was Methodist and he had a career as a blacksmith.
Roy was 5 feet and 7 inches tall and this was perceived to be quiet small. He roughly weighed 140lbs. He had blue eyes and dark brown hair.
On August the 9th, 1915, Roy enlisted for World War One in Adelaide. This was at the age of 21 and 7 months.
On the 12th of January 1916, Roy embarked from Adelaide with the 7th reinforcements and the 27th Infantry Battalion to France. He boarded the ship: HMAT Medic A7.The boat arrived in France on the 2nd of May 1916.
Roy was wounded in action on the 4th of August 1916 which was not long from when he arrived in France to fight. After going to the hospital in England, to recover, Roy re-joined the unit in France on the 12th of February 1917.
For the second time Roy was wounded in action during a fight against the Germans. After being injured on the 26th of March 1917 and then taking the route back to the hospital in England, Roy returned back to France to fight, once again, on the 30th of August 1917.
A year went past and more battles were fought. On the 3rd of October 1918, Roy was wounded in action for the third time.
After being wounded three times and the war finally ending, Roy returned back to Australia were he landed in Port Adelaide on the 9th of March 1919, with all of the troops that had survived. He was shook by what he had experienced but Roy still had a life to live. He had survived everything that hit him, bullets and the reality of what war really was.
Upon arriving in Port Adelaide, Roy went straight to hospital agian to recover from the occasions where he was injured. After being away for three years and seven months, Roy returened to Kadina.
For his service in the war, Roy was awarded with the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Roy died on the 13th of April 1943 in Kadina but the cause was unknown.
Biography
Son of William BAILEY and Sarah Ann nee BLEWETT
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