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BAILEY, Francis John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4157 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Chapel End, Scherstone, Warwickshire, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Galley Common Council School, England |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Died of wounds - abdomen received at Villers-Bretonneux, France, 1 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot 11, Row E, Grave 26 Headstone inscription reads: Until we meet, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4157, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at West Maitland, NSW | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4157, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4157, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 22 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion, In the field. originally appointed on 5 July 1916 but reverted back to Private before being re-appointed L/Cpl | |
| 3 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion, In the field | |
| 22 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 5th Pioneer Battalion, In the field | |
| 17 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Pioneer Battalion, In the field | |
| 20 Nov 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood, Citation reads: On 12th October, 1917, at Westhoek, east of Ypres, Sergeant Bailey was in charge of a trucking party taking material forward. This vicinity was periodically heavily shelled by the enemy and this tended to disorganise the work. Sergeant Bailey, by his energy and coolness under trying conditions, kept his men at work and he was mainly responsible for a regular supply of material being kept forward. He was in charge of similar trucking parties on 13th and 14th October, 1917. This N.C.O. also displayed great coolness with a reconnoitring party on 26th September, 1917, near Polygon Wood, east of Ypres. He penetrated an enemy barrage and obtained valuable information.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95 Date: 27 June 1918 | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4157, 5th Pioneer Battalion, At Villers-Bretonneux. Shell wounds to the abdomen | |
| 1 Jun 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 4157, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4157 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-06-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 20 years
Son of Francis and Ann Bailey of Plough Road, Chapel End, Warwickshire, England
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal