Elliot Henry BAILEY

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Service Number:	71
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent
Born:	Avoca, Tasmania, Australia, 25 December 1877
Home Town:	Avoca, Northern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Witkonsk, South Africa, 11 September 1900, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Schoonspruit Farm Cemetery, Free State, South Africa His grave is at 'Schoonspruit' Farm, 32km from Macadodorp. He was buried beside huge boulder in walled grave with a wooden cross and his name chipped into the rock.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Boer War Memorial, Launceston Boer War Memorial, New Norfolk South African (Boer) War Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 71
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 71
28 Oct 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 71, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent, Departed Launceston on 27 Oct 1899 to Embark from Melbourne on the SS "Medic". Arrived at Cape Town on 26 Nov 1899.
11 Sep 1900:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 71, 1st Tasmanian Mounted Infantry Contingent, KIA. GSW Head.

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