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BAILEY, Neville Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | WX10920 |
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Enlisted: | 12 February 1941, Claremont, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Perth, WA, 21 June 1920 |
Home Town: | Maylands, Bayswater, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Storeman |
Died: | Illness - Malaria, Borneo, 10 June 1945, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX10920 | |
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12 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX10920, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Paul Bert BAILEY and Eliza nee TAYLOR, of 831 Beaufort Street, Maylands, WA.
Neville loved water sports and was passionate about cars. He was the proud owner of a 1928 Chrysler. He worked at Sydney Atkinson Motors as a storeman prior to enlisting.