Bailey, Cecil Henry

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bailey, Cecil Henry Service Number 6

Died of Wounds 7th May 1915 No 17 General Hospital, Alexandria

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NAME Bailey, Cecil Henry

SERVICE NO 6

UNIT 13th Battalion, A Coy

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 20 yrs 11 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Crookwell, New South Wales

ADDRESS c/o Mrs Greentree, Laughtondale PO, Lower Hawkesbury, New South Wales

OCCUPATION Electrician

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 9 September 1914

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT Rosebery Park Camp Sydney, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE -

NEXT OF KIN Miss Ethel Bailey, District Hospital, Narrandera, NSW

Later c/- State Hospital Liverpool, NSW

Eldest member of family;-Miss Ethel M Bailey 175 West St., North Sydney. Eldest Brother;- Douglas Bailey 39 Beaumaris St Enfield. William (Late 1

st LH). Edwin & Archie

Both parents deceased

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height-5’ 10”, Weight 162 lbs . Chest 35-38

Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Light Brown. Mole over right groin

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED Melbourne, VIC- 22 Dec 1914 per Ulysses

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED 3 May 1915- Gallipoli, Turkey.

DIED 7 May 1915- No 17 General Hospital Alexandria

BURIED 8 May 1915 - Chatby War Memorial Cemetery Gve 865 Egypt. By Rev J A Ward /other reference to gve 870 ? later advised to Plot C. Gve 82

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-11033, British War Medal-7696, Victory Medal-7658. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-307439

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Wallet, note book, Testament, postcards, photos, handkerchief, let-ters.

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE

REMARKS NSW Births;- Bailey, Cecil H –b1893/12254 reg Crookwell, parents Henry G & Lucy

Sydney Morning Herald 17.5.1915. P.10.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

DIED OF WOUNDS

Pte C. H. BAILEY, 13th

Battalion.

Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3044606
















Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3044606










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