BAILEY, Leslie Charles
| Service Number: | 401 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Geelong, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Flinders State School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grocer's Assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, 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: | Apollo Bay War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 401, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 401, 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 Lance Corporal, 401, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 401, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 401 awm_unit: 5 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-04-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Isaac W. and Emma Bailey of 26 Aphrasia Street, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria. Brother of Constance Jessie (nee Bailey) Roberts
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Militia, Geelong Artillery and the Senior Cadets
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Pte 401 Leslie Charles Bailey was killed in action on 25 April 1915 after he left the beach with a group of men under the command of Capt SR Clement and climbed the gullies to reach the second ridge near Johnston's Jolly.
They came under heavy fire and Pte Bailey and several others charged over the ridge toward a Turksih gun position. They were never seen again (Capt Clement's body was seen just over the second ridge a bit later).
Source: Gallipoli Heroes, p.9