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Edward Bailey
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Personal Information
Date of Birth c1890
Place of Birth Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Death 4 Oct 1965, aged 75
Place of Death Perth, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment 26 years, 1 month
Description 5' 9" (1.75m) tall ; 145 lbs
65.771 kg
; fresh complexion ; blue eyes ; fair hair
Occupation Labourer
Religion Church of England
Address William street, Armadale, Western Australia
Next of Kin Wife , Mrs Annie Ruth Bailey
Military Information
Reg Number 5992
Date of Enlistment 27 Mar 1916
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 11th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement, A Company / 3rd Brigade, 1st Division
Date of Embarkation 9 Aug 1916 ‒ 24 Sep 1916
Ship Embarked On HMAT A28 Miltiades Fremantle to Plymouth
Date of Return 1 Jun 1919 ‒ 8 Jul 1919
Ship Returned On SS Somali
Fate Returned to Australia
Monument Armadale War Memorial (Armadale panel)
Armadale and Districts Roll of Honour
Medals British War Medal
Victory Medal



Pre War

Married Annie Ruth Stevens in Perth on 13 Oct 1913. On 3 Sep 1914 a daughter, (Ruth G) was born while he was working at Armadale Brick Works. On 23 Jul 1916 the second daughter (Joyce E.) was born. Had originally enlisted on 12 Mar 1915, but at own request was discharged on 23 Mar 1915, with the payment of £1 for expenses incurred.

In the 1916 Electoral Roll he was listed as a farm hand living in Prospect road, Armadale.

War Service

A fortnight after entering Blackboy Hill camp, Edward was allocated to the 11th Battalion's 19th reinforcement draft. He was one of seven men with ties to the local area who are aboard HMAT A28 Miltiades when it left Fremantle, the others being: Richard Beattie and William Lamplough Ullyott who were in the same draft of reinforcements to the 11th Battalion; William Francis Cohn (16th Battalion); Thomas Hesketh and John Waldegrave Packer (44th Battalion); and Macalister Adair Blain (51st Battalion).

Following more than 2 months in the 3rd Training Battalion at Perham Downs in southern England he boarded HMT Princess Victoria on 4 Dec 1916 at Folkestone, and entered France the next day. Edward joined the 11th Battalion on 24 Feb 1917 near Bazentin Le Petit where they were providing working parties in support of the front line troops.

It would appear he spent the rest of 1917 with the battalion before being hospitalised with illness (boils). Treated first by the Battalion's medical staff, on 14 Apr 1918 he was transferred to the 14th Australian Field Ambulance, and later the same day to the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station who placed him aboard Ambulance Train No. 32 for the 39th Stationary Hospital where he was admitted on 15 Apr 1918.

There are no entries in his records covering the period 15 Apr 1918 until 21 Sep 1918 when he was again in need of medical treatment and admitted to the 51st Casualty Clearing Station. Discharged to duty on 30 Sep 1918 he rejoined his battalion on 2 Oct 1918. On 29 Dec 1918 he was granted leave to the UK from 3 - 17 Jan 1919 after which he rejoined the battalion. On 24 Apr 1919 it was his turn to embark in Le Havre for Southampton and to begin the voyage home.

Discharged by the 5th Military District on 22 Aug 1919.

"Enlisted 27th March, 1916, and sailed with the 19th reinforcements of the 11th Battalion 9th August, 1916. Now in England"[1]

Post War

In the 1920 Post Office Directory he was in Armadale and described as a labourer. 1925 to 1963 electoral rolls showed him as a labourer living in Fifth road, Armadale. With wife Annie Ruth, he celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary on Thursday 13 Oct 1938. Annie pre-deceased him, dying on 20 Jun 1963 aged 75.

In early 1941 he enlisted in the Militia and again went to Backboy Hill camp for training for WW2 Garrison Battalion duties. When discharged in 1943 he was with the 29th Garrison Battalion.

References

  1. "The Drill of the Foot-Hills" (PDF) (1917). Western Australia. Mar 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 16 May 2017 – via State Library of Western Australia. 

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