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BAILEY, Joseph Horace
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| Service Number: | 3563 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | No 4th Tunnelling Company - Headquarters No 1 |
| Born: | Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Mortana, Streaky Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Wellingborough public school, England |
| Occupation: | Cook at Kalka Station, Kalka, South Australia-also Farmer. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Menin Road South Military Cemetery Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 22; Ypres Belgium INSCRIPTION WE LOVED HIM BUT GOD LOVED BEST MOTHER, Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Streaky Bay War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Annie and Joseph Austin Bailey
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 30 and the son of Annie Bailey, of the Liberal Club, Flickney, Leicester, England, and the late Joseph Austin Bailey. He is remembered on the Wellingborough War Memorial.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Emigrated to Australia aged 22.
Wellingborough is a large market town in the Wellingborough district of Northamptonshire, England, 11 miles from Northampton on the north side of the River Nene. Originally named "Wendelingburgh", the Anglo-Saxon settlement is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Wendelburie". The town was granted a royal market charter in 1201 by King John.
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