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BAILEY, William Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX46624 |
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Enlisted: | 12 July 1940, Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wollongong, New South Wales, 21 September 1908 |
Home Town: | Bellingen, Bellingen, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Illness, Malaya, 12 May 1944, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery (CWGC) Official Commemoration - Grave Location: Plot 2, Row E, Grave 5, Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bellingen War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX46624 | |
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12 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, NX46624, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore | |
12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX46624, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle, NSW, Australia | |
12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX46624, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore |
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Son of William and Mary Bailey; husband of Violet Elizabeth Bailey, of Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia.