BAYLES, A C
| Service Number: | 531 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1901, Enrolled in South Africa after arrival of 5th QIB. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 531, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 1 Dec 1901: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 531, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Enrolled in South Africa after arrival of 5th QIB. | |
| 1 Dec 1901: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 531, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 504 notes enrolled in South Africa. Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 148, notes his pay commenced from 6 Dec 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 531, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 148, notes returned to Australia aboard Columbian arriving Brisbane 15 May 1902, discharge backdated to 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Note- he was recorded as A. E. Bayles in the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, however, he was recorded as A. C. Bayles in newspaper articles relating to his service in the 5th QIB.
Murray, in his compilation of the AWM Boer War Nominal Roll on p. 504 to 505, notes members of the 5th QIB who enrolled/enlisted in South Africa.
A. C. Bayles enrolled in South Africa with the 5th QIB and as such was not recorded on the original nominal roll for the 5th Queensland (Imperial Bushmen) Contingent held by National Archives. He was however, recorded in the Boer War Service Paybooks of the 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 148, where it is noted his pay commenced from 6 Dec 1901, well after the 5th QIB had arrived on 1 Apr 1901. Its assumed he enrolled about 1 Dec 1901.
The paybooks note his contact details as Discovery Hill, Bendigo, Victoria. The Brisbane Courier, 16 May 1902, reported that 531, Private A. C. Bayles, remained in South Africa for further service when the 5th QIB returned to Australia. It appears it was for only a couple of weeks with the paybooks noting he returned to Brisbane, aboard Columbian, arriving 15 May 1902 with discharge taken to be 5 May 1902 when the unit was disbanded.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 505; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 5th Queensland (Imperial Bushmen) Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 4 p. 148).