Neville Ernest BAILEY

BAILEY, Neville Ernest

Service Number: WX10920
Enlisted: 12 February 1941, Claremont, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Perth, WA, 21 June 1920
Home Town: Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Storeman
Died: Illness - Malaria, Borneo, 10 June 1945, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX10920
12 Feb 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX10920, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Paul Bert BAILEY and Eliza nee TAYLOR, of 831 Beaufort Street, Maylands, WA.

Neville loved water sports and was passionate about cars.  He was the proud owner of a 1928 Chrysler. He worked at Sydney Atkinson  Motors as a storeman prior to enlisting.