BAGULEY, Francis James
| Service Number: | 2526 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 34th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cunnamulla, New South Wales, Australia, 26 October 1892 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Merewether, New South Wales, Australia, 28 June 1973, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 4-29. 57. |
| Memorials: | Merewether Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2526, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2526, 34th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2526, 34th Infantry Battalion, SS Napier, Sydney | |
| 16 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2526, 34th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, SW left thigh and back | |
| 17 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2526, 34th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW left arm, amputated | |
| 29 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2526, 34th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, wounded - left arm amputated |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served in The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
47 years ago today, on the 29th June 1973, Lance Corporal Francis (Frank) James Baguley, 34th Battalion, clerk (J. Ireland & Co. Pty Ltd., Newcastle, N.S.W.), from Dent Street, Merewether, New South Wales, father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 80. METHODIST 4-29. 57.
Born at Cunnamulla, New South Wales on the 26th October 1892 to Walter and Eliza Baguley of Hunter Street, Newcastle, N.S.W. (Breckenridge & Co.) and Auckland Street, Newcastle, N.S.W. and 80 Lower Church Street, Newcastle West, N.S.W.; husband of Clara Manning Baguley nee Rye (married 1921, Merewether, N.S.W., died 1975), Frank enlisted August 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 16.7.1917 (GSW left thigh and back, mild - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134855129), 30.3.1918 (GSW left arm, severe, amputated - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140973282, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140985320, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140984736), Mr Baguley returned home October 1918, discharged May 1919 as medically unfit (amputee).
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137494189
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139439932
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162567605
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159075828
Frank’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates, Merewether St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour, Messrs. J. Ireland Limited Roll of Honour (photo), and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
A member of the Newcastle Rifle Club.
Mr Baguley has been accorded a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip for his service and sacrifice.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=6437#2
Lest We Forget.
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