Herbert George BAGLEY

BAGLEY, Herbert George

Service Number: 2137
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 47th Infantry Battalion
Born: MacKay, Queensland, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Eton, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Horsebreaker
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial Panel 27 No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eton War Memorial, Mackay Cenotaph, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial
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World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Rockhampton, Queensland
16 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
Date unknown: Involvement 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

47 Battalion

Rank - Private

17 February 1917 wounded - face and arm

27 February 1917 Rejoined unit

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Annie Bagley, of Elton, Queensland, and the late Thomas Bagley. Brother of 5031 Lance Sergeant Arthur Alexander BAGLEY, 47th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 September 1918.