BAYLISS, William Clifford
| Service Number: | NX59485 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 July 1940, Paddington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia, 30 October 1907 |
| Home Town: | Waverton, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher Erskiineville opportunity schoo |
| Died: | Cholera (POW of Japan), Thailand, 3 June 1943, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A6, Row B, Grave 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Glen Innes World War 2 Memorial, Parramatta NSW Department of Education Teachers and Trainees WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX59485, Paddington, New South Wales | |
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| 16 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX59485, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jun 1943: | Involvement Private, NX59485, 2nd/30th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
Co author of "Gallaghan's Greyhounds"
Cliff was one of three men of the 2/30th Battalion who researched and interviewed Battalion members at Changi Prisoner of War camp and compiled the story of the Battalion.
Along with Kenneth Crispin and Alan Penfold, Cliff was a dedicated man in his efforts to record the story. And to protect it from discovery by the Japanese.
Even up to the day of his admission to hospital (taken from the introduction of the book (and I am Ken Crispin's daughter in law)) he was still working on his notes.
He died of cholera at Shimo Sonkurai camp on the Burma Railway on 3rd June 1943.
Submitted 28 August 2017 by Pauline Graves
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
William Clifford BAYLISS was born in Glen Innes, NSW on 30th October, 1907
His parents were William Joseph BAYLISS & Laura Jane O'HARA who married in Glen Innes in 1904
He married Florence May BARLOW in Sydney in 1940
William (Cliff) died of Cholera whilst a Prisoner of War on 3rd June 1943
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Glen Innes
IN MEMORY
Biography contributed by Paul Gray
I attended a 2/30th Battalion Memorial some years ago and presented some flowers at the memorial.
Then after the event , the late Major General Gordon Maitland
(AO, OBE, RFD, ED) Patron for 2/30th Battalion at that time.
approached me and asked if I was the one who presented the flowers for Cliff and I said, Yes.
He said, "would you believe that Cliff Bayliss was my school teacher and with great expression said that Cliff was a most amazing man!"
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