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BAILES, Barkley Shrapnell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5543 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant/Footballer |
| Died: | Illness, Warrandyte, Victoria, 24 September 1955, aged 72 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5543, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5543, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5543, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5543, 24th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Barkley Shrapnell BAILES was born in Bendigo, Victoria on 9th August, 1883
His parents were Alfred Shrapnell BAILES & Millinda Sperring STEPHENSON
He married Olive Amelia LYONS in Victoria in St Lukes Church, North Fitzroy on 18th March, 1911
He enlisted on 28th April, 1916 and embarked from Melbourne 25th September, 1916 with the 24th Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcements on the HMAT Shropshire
He returned to Australia on 3rd March, 1919 on the ship Euripides and disembarked on 24th April, 1919 - discharged on 17th June 1919
Barkley died in Warrandyte on 24th September, 1955
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