BAILEY, Henry
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 2 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | 27 November 1869, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | State & Brisbane Grammar Schools, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Gentleman |
| Died: | Suicide, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 May 1916, aged 46 years |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland 5. 67. 24. M1/550. (GRM/4*). |
| Memorials: | Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier and AWM Boer War Unit Details note invalided, however, appears to have embarked with rest of 1st QMI on 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 16 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Apr 1915: | Embarked Major, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 16 Apr 1915: | Involvement Major, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant Colonel awm_died_date: 1916-05-08 |
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Husband of Helen Cecilia Bailey and father of George Squires Bailey, Leyton West Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
SUICIDE OF MAJOR BAILEY.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Bailey, a well-known officer attached to the military forces, was taken to the Brisbane General Hospital on Monday morning suffering from a bullet wound in his head. The officer, who was on the retired list, went to Egypt last year in charge of troops, and returned to Queensland at the end of the year. He died about an hour or so after admission to the hospital.
It appears that the tragedy occurred in one of the rooms at the Commercial ' Travellers' Club in Elizabeth -street that morning. The bullet entered the head near one of the temples, and passed out at the back of the head, grazing the brain. In private life the deceased was western traveller for Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., and prior to going to the Boer War he was a well-known business man in Toowoomba. His son, who served in the Gallipoli campaign, returned to Queensland recently, having been invalided home.
The late officer was well-known as a member of the 3rd Light Horse, which had its headquarters on the Downs. He received his first commission-second lieutenant in 1894, and held the rank of major when he retired from the active list in 1913.
When transferred to the retired list he received the promotion in rank. In April of last year he received an appointment in the A.I.F., as major, and went to the front with the fifth reinforcements of the 9th battalion, and also acted as O.C. of the troopship on the voyage across. He was in the trenches for some time, and subsequently returned, to Queensland, his A.I.F. appointment being terminated in November of last year. Since then he has been doing duty at the camps, and was at Chermside when he, with others, demobilised on account of the establishment of the camps not warranting so many officers. The late officer, it is understood, had volunteered once more for active service, and it is said that the fact that he had been demobilised may have worried him.
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