Staunton (Snow) BAILES

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Service Number:	SX22
Enlisted:	13 December 1939, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 31 May 1916
Home Town:	Norwood (SA), South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 27 December 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

13 Dec 1939:	Enlisted SX22, Adelaide, South Australia
13 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX22, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
14 Dec 1939:	Involvement Private, SX22, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
27 Dec 1942:	Involvement Private, SX22, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Staunton BAILES was born in Adelaide, SA on 31st May, 1916

His parents were Cooper BAILES & Cecilia Jacoba MATTHEE