Thomas Alfred BAILEY MM

Badge Number: 3738, Sub Branch: Norwood
3738

BAILEY, Thomas Alfred

Service Number: 2166
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, SA, 3 March 1896
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Driver
Died: Adelaide, SA, 3 August 1967, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Payneham Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

7 Feb 1916: Involvement Private, 2166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1916: Embarked Private, 2166, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Private, 2166, 48th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Wounded 2166, 48th Infantry Battalion

Military Medal Citation

For gallantry and devotion ot duty near VILLERS BRETTONEUX on May 3rd 1918. When his Company went over in the attack he went forward with a telephone. When this was blown up Pte. BAILEY returned through the most intense barrage, obtained another phone and established communication, His devotion to duty was magnificent.

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Biography

Son of William BAILEY and Mary Agnes nee FITZPATRICK

Awarded Military Medal