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BAILEY, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX24955 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 6 September 1911 |
| Home Town: | Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 26 April 1944, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 16. Row A. Grave 13. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX24955 | |
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| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, VX24955, Caulfield, Victoria | |
| 10 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX24955 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Died of illness whilst a prisoner of the Japanese Occupation Force. Nature of death recorded as beri beri. | |
| 26 Apr 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Nature of death illness. |
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