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BAILEY, John Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3001 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, 22 April 1876 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | seaman fireman trimmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Williamstown Pictorial Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3001, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 29 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3001, 5th Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Maria campbell
John edward Bailey was my great-grandfather he left liverpool England at the end of November 1911 and never returned he joined up in August 1915 at Melbourne and went to the western front in March 1916 he was killed at the battle of poziers on 25/07/1916 he has no known grave,he left a wife and 6 children in liverpool his eldest daughter was Sarah my grandmother he was loved and missed by his wife 3 members of his family,y have visited poziers and villers-bretonneux to see the place he his rembered gone but never forgotten
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