Errol John BAILEY

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BAILEY, Errol John

Service Number:	2786313
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
Born:	Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1945
Home Town:	Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teacher
Died:	Died of Wounds (received in Battle of Coral), Long Binh, South Vietnam, 13 May 1968, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Cremation: Garden Of Remembrance - Wall 5 - Panel K
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Kurri Kurri War Memorial, Newcastle Civic Park Vietnam and National Service Memorial, Parramatta NSW Department of School Education Officers Roll of Honour, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Toogoom Vietnam Memorial, Townsville HB - 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, Wollongong Vietnam Memorial

Vietnam War Service

27 Mar 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2786313, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR)
27 Mar 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2786313
13 May 1968:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 2786313, 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (1RAR), FSB Coral / Balmoral - Vietnam

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Biography

Royal Australian Infantry Corps, 1RAR. Rank: Private. National Service. Served in Veitnam 27/3/1968 to 13/5/1968

"BAILEY Errol J, 23, of Kurri Kurri, NSW, was a teacher when he was called up in February 1967. He died at 24 US Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, of wounds received in Bien Hoa Province on May 13, 1968." - SOURCE (www.nashoaustralia.org.au)

Burial: Newcastle Memorial Park, Beresfield, NSW

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