Michael James BAILEY

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BAILEY, Michael James

Service Number:	255
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, An original of B Company 15th Bn
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Southport, Queensland, Australia, 22 December 1890
Home Town:	Southport, Gold Coast, Queensland
Schooling:	Southport Public School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Motor mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 255, 15th Infantry Battalion, An original of B Company 15th Bn
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 255, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 255, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 255, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 255 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-08

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Michael James Bailey served at the Anzac landing 25 April 1915 and was killed in action during the ill-fated attack on Hill 60 during August 1915.

Brother of 1286 John (Jack) Bailey 3rd Battalion AIF who was badly wounded just after the Gallipoli landing, shot through the hip and shoulder. Jack was returned to Australia due to a compound fracture of the pelvis in October 1915. He died in 1931 aged 38.

Brother of 291 Joseph Bailey 3rd Battalion AIF, also present at the Gallipoli landing and was wounded at Lone Pine during August 1915 and evacuated to England, returned to Australia in 1918.

Brother of 1404 Sapper Francis Gerald Bailey who served with the Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company (known as the ‘alphabet company’ to the infantry). Returned to Australia during 1919.

Brother of 6936 Private Albert Victor Bailey 2nd Divisional Signal Company AIF, returned to Australia 1919.

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