BAILEY, George Maxwell
| Service Numbers: | 1362, V370537 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1915, 1st Reinforcements. Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cudgewa, Victoria , 2 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cudgewa, Towong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Cudgewa State School |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | 18 February 1979, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria New Lawn Area Wall Niches, FA-NLAB*N*4**47. |
| Memorials: | Cudgewa War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1362, 29th Infantry Battalion, 1st Reinforcements. Melbourne, Victoria. | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1362, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1362, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1362, 29th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action - GSW leg. | |
| 2 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 29th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Nov 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1362, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked for return to Australia per HT Karoa 28-03-1919. Arrived Melbourne 08-05-1919. |
World War 2 Service
| 31 Oct 1945: | Discharged V370537, Lieutenant. 18th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps. | |
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| Date unknown: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, V370537 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karen Standen
The Embarkation Roll incorrectly records George as “George Coxwell Bailey”.
George embarked with his elder brother, Guy Leslie Bailey, (/explore/people/193532) aboard the Ascanius from Melbourne on 10-11-1915. In 1917, Guy wrote home to their parents, the following being published in the Corryong Courier on the 15th March:—
“You will be very pleased to hear that George and I have made names for ourselves in a small way. In our orders a few days ago there was a paragraph which read:—“The C O. specially commends the following men for devotion to duty in acting as runners.—Ptes. Senior, Oakman, Bailey, G.M., Bailey, G.L. These men kept up communication under heavy enemy artillery fire, and never failed to bring in their despatches.” It sounds all right; doesn’t it. Geo. and I were detailed for runners the last time we went in, and had to carry despatches, etc., overland for nearly half a mile and back every two hours during darkness, and I can tell you that between shells and machine guns we had some thrills and narrow squeaks. We had a good deep dug-out, and we would just crawl into our pozies and sleep till night again.”
Both George and his brother are remembered on the Cudgewa, Tintaldra and Wabba War Memorial located at Cudgewa, Victoria.