Walter Leslie BAILEY

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Service Number:	192
Enlisted:	14 July 1915, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Repairer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 10 May 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Plot II, Row A, Grave 15
Memorials:	Alfredton Humffray Street State School Roll of Honor, Mildura Workingmans Club War Memorial

14 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 192, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 192, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
10 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-05-10
Date unknown:	Involvement 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Served in 3rd Victorian Regiment;

Rifle Instructor before embarking for overseas 1917;

also served in Egpyt with 29th Infantry

Son of Thomas Bailey, 9 Nicholson Street, Ballarat

Brother of 2779 Sgt Thomas BAILEY, INF 54, died of wounds in France, 17/10/17.