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BAYLISS, Alfred John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 10121 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Stanmore Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 10121, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 10121, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 10121, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred was the son of Charles and Sarah Christiana Bayliss, Greenwich, Sydney, New South Wales.
His younger brother, 3684 Private Walter Norman Bayliss, 1st Battalion AIF, had died of wounds during the attack on Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916, aged 23.
Alfred died with several of his mates when their dugout was hit by a very heavy shell near Noreuil, in the Bullecourt sector, on 3 May 1917. Although buried in the field by his friends in the Battery, his remains were lost after the war.