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Joseph Horace BAILEY

Regimental number3563
Place of birthWellingborough, Northamptonshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCook
AddressKalka Station, Kalka, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Bailey, 2 Nobles Buildings, Church Street, Wellingborough, Northampton, England
Enlistment date11 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameTunnelling Company 4, Headquarters 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/10/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 22 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Tunnelling Company
FateKilled in Action 31 October 1917
Date of death31 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 22), Ypres, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Annie and the late Joseph Austin BAILEY, the Liberal Club, Flickney, Leicester, England.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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