John Charles BAILEY

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BAILEY, John Charles

Service Number:	1116
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 24 July 1894
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Sturt Street Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1116, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
27 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
24 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1116, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1116 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-25

Killed in Action

Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1DRL/0428

He was in B.Coy. and was single. He had both his legs blown off by a shell at Mont St. Quentin in the early morning, just before the hop over. The S/Bearers were carrying out and the Germans advanced and both the S/Bearers D/Wounds. The body was found by some of our men the same afternoon, dead. It was taken back and buried.

Inf: - Pte J.M. White, 3493
50th Australians. B. Coy

Biography

Son of William BAILEY and Rose Anna nee WALSH

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