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BAILEY, John Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1116 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 7 September 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 24 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sturt Street Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Sturt Street Public School Great War Roll of Honour, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1116, Adelaide, South Australia | |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 24 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 25 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1116 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25 |
Personal Stories
Killed in Action
Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1DRL/0428
He was in B.Coy. and was single. He had both his legs blown off by a shell at Mont St. Quentin in the early morning, just before the hop over. The S/Bearers were carrying out and the Germans advanced and both the S/Bearers D/Wounds. The body was found by some of our men the same afternoon, dead. It was taken back and buried.
Inf: - Pte J.M. White, 3493
50th Australians. B. Coy
Submitted 16 May 2017 by Richard.. Laslett
Biography
Son of William BAILEY and Rose Anna nee WALSH
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