BAYLEY, Samuel Victor
| Service Number: | NG2264 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
| Born: | Stockport, Cheshire, UK, 16 July 1907 |
| Home Town: | The Entrance, Wyong Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | College of Technology, Manchester, UK |
| Occupation: | Health Inspector |
| Died: | Emphysema, The Entrance, New South Wales, Australia, 16 August 1988, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: |
Palmdale Lawn Cemetery & Memorial Park, NSW Aviary Garden 2, Site 9 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NG2264, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit | |
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| 8 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NG2264, Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Joanne Sippel
Samuel Victor Bayley, served in Papua New Guinea in WWII. He and his regiment saw the evacuation of Lae and then the Japanese boats landing. They turned to the hills and then trekked months across the Owen Stanley Ranges through the jungle to Port Moresby.
Family history tells the story of the stippled ring that 'Vic' made for his wife, Hazel, from parts found on a crashed aircraft discovered on their way through the jungle.
When they arrived in Port Moresby, Pop was so malnourished he was sent to a Melbourne hospital (we think). When he finally visited Hazel and his 4yo daughter, Kay, the latter did not recognise the 'stranger kissing Mummy'. Vic gave Hazel the ring he had made when he saw her again.
Hazel did not take this ring off and wore it on her right hand until the day she died... probably more cherished than her wedding ring considering its history. Pop had made it for her; I imagine with the the hope of getting home to give it to her.
Written by granddaughter Joanne Sippel from family oral history through maternal side of the family.
This family story is also linked to Kenneth Charles Allsop who was the brother of Hazel Bayley (nee Allsop), my maternal grandmother.
Hazel tragically lost her brother, Kenneth Charles Allsop, who was a POW on the Montevideo Maru. I had never seen a photo of him but via the Australian War Memorial collection came across this wonderful record.
https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/618028
With the discovery of the remains of Montevideo Maru ship, another piece of the puzzle falls into place.
https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102261198
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