Frank BAILEY

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Service Number:	1081
Enlisted:	8 October 1914, Broadmeadows, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Korong Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Malvern East, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Kyneton State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Prison Warder
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea off Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

8 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 5th Infantry Battalion, Broadmeadows, Vic.
21 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 1081, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 1081, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
26 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Wounded near 400 Plateau (no details). Evacuated to HS (no details) for transport to Egypt, where he died of his wounds the next day 27 April 1915.

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Brothers:

2562 Pte Arthur BAILEY, MM, 5th Field Ambulance, killed in action, Bullecourt, 24 April 1917;

2905 Lance Corporal Samuel BAILEY, 5th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia.

Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal