BAILEY, Walter Ambrose
| Service Number: | SX16168 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 January 1942, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment |
| Born: | St Peters, South Australia, 11 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | St Morris, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Glazier |
| Died: | Septicaemia, renal failure , heart disease, Modbury Public Hospital, South Australia , 11 December 2000, aged 82 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated |
| Memorials: | South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 10 Jan 1942: | Involvement Trooper, SX16168 | |
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| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 10 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX16168, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment | |
| 10 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
| 10 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX16168, 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 2nd/9th Armoured Regiment, Source : Waltzing Matildas - The Men and Machines of the 2/9th Australian Armoured Group in Australia and Borneo, 1941 - 1946 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Patricia Carter
Wally Bailey was a much loved husband to Jean who he married 2 weeks before he left for his start of service. On return he had 2 daughters. Patricia 1947 and Kathryn 1949. 4 grandaughters and 1 grandson. He was a respected leading hand at Thompson and Harvey as a glazier and talented leadlighter. He joined the army as he felt it was his duty to do his bit. He seldom talked about his time in the army. He always went to the ANZAC day reunions but did not march until he noticed the numbers going down and loved the fact his family came and watched him and went to the service after. He took his wife and daughters to a few services put on by his unit. The blessing of their flag and a turn out of the Matilda tank he drove. Unfortunately his service, in the end, led to him having a shorted life due to lung problems.
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