BAGLEY, Arthur Davies
| Service Number: | 107 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, South Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shropshire, England, 1890 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 24, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 107, 5th Infantry Battalion, South Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 107, 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, 107, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick and Ann Bagley of 86 High Street, Broseley, Salop, England
Arthur Davies Bagley was born during January 1890 41 High St, Broseley, Shropshire, England at the Haberdasher's shop his mother ran (they lived above the shop). He was killed at Gallipoli in August 1915.
No sooner had Arthur Davies Bagley arrived in and established himself in Australia than war was declared in Europe between his home country & Germany & her allies. And on the 15th of August 1914, Arthur Davies enlisted in the Australian Army. He joined the newly formed 5th Battalion of the 1st Division of the Australian Infantry in what was to become the First Australian Imperial Force. He was a Private with Regimental Number 107 !!
After basic training in Brisbane, Arthur & the First Australian Imperial Force was loaded aboard ships to form a single convoy for the long trip to England where more training was expected before they shipped off to the Western Front in France & Belgium. The convoy left from the Australian port of Albany in November 1914. The convoy was diverted to Egypt to stop the Ottoman Turks from seizing and blocking the Suez Canal, Britain's lifeline for shipping men and materials.
Once on Egypt the First Australian Imperial Force got orders to take part in the British plan to seize a strategic advantage in World War I by capturing Constantinople, the British authorised an attack on the Gallopli peninsula. The first troops landed on 25 April 1915. After eight months of heavy fighting, the troops were withdrawn around the end of the year.
The first troops to land, at what today is called Anzac Cove, included the 5th Battalion, 1st Division, Australian Infantry.
Arthur Davies Bagley was Killed in action that very first day of the landings. He was reportedly shot in the head by a sniper, whilst attempting to offer aid to an Officer that had already been hit. He was just 25 years old.
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