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BAILEY, William Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX47906 |
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Enlisted: | 5 September 1940 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Field Ambulance |
Born: | Birmingham, England, 18 December 1912 |
Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Ambulance driver/Mechanic |
Died: | Killed in Action, At sea (off Brisbane, Queensland, Australia), 14 May 1943, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Sydney Memorial Panel 2 No known grave Roll of Honor Kempsey New South Wales, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gold Coast - AHS Centaur Memorial, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital Centaur Wing, Sydney Memorial (Sydney War Cemetery) Rookwood |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX47906 | |
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5 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia | |
5 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX47906, 2nd/12th Field Ambulance |
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Foster son of Herbert Arthur and Ethel McNamara, of Belmore, New South Wales
2/12 Field Ambulance
Died when Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by enemy action off the Queensland coast
Biography contributed by Graham Prior
William Bailey Pl, Crescent Head is named for him
STREETS OF HONOUR The Macleay Valley's tribute to its silent heroes.