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Arnold Joseph Wallace BAILEY

Regimental number22108
Place of birthFlemington, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationElectrician
AddressCamberwell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 6.75"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, Joseph D Bailey, 13 Waterloo Street, Camberwell, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 93 days with AIF before being discharged on 10 March 1916
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 108
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 19 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 4), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Family/military connectionsBrother: 28474 Driver Norman Herbert BAILEY, 12th Field Artillery Brigade, effective abroad (still overseas).
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 20 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 July 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 31 December 1916.

Transferred to and taken on strength, 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 6 January 1917.

Killed in action, 19 June 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAILEY Arnold Joseph Wallace

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