Military History

Bailey enlisted with the 11th Battalion the first recruitment from WA in WW1.
Embarked Fremantle per ‘Ascanius’ 2.11.1914.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit ‘C’ Squadron, 11th Infantry Battalion.
Bailey disembarked in Egypt in December 1914 and continued training there until December. He entrained with his Battalion to Alexandria, joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and embarked for Gallipoli.
AWM records show Bailey was KIA on April 2nd, hit by bullet whilst landing at Anzac Cove. He was reported killed instantly and buried on the beach 25.4.1915. He was reinterred in the Cemetery at Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey. His date of death was confirmed and corrected by the Comrades Association to 15.4.1915. He is commemorated at Lone Pine Memorial, Cannakkale Province, Turkey.
Final Rank Private, 11th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photo Pte B H Bailey Western Mail 2.7.1915 p1s, Swan Express 25.6.1915 p5
            HMAT 'Ascanius' 1914. Photographer E.L. Mitchell, photograph source AWM H16157
            Australian Troops being towed ashore at Gallipoli. Photographer R.M. Bowman photograph source AWM P2194.00
            Landing at Gallipoli on the morning of 25.4.1915. Photographer A. Joyner, photograph source AWM P00035.001
            Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph source AWM P02768.007

Information Source
AWM H16157. HMAT 'Ascanius' 1914. Photographer E.L. Mitchell, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Ausrealian War Memorial
AWM P2194.005. Australian Troops being towed ashore at Gallipoli. Photographer R.M. Bowman photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P00035.001. Landing at Gallipoli on the morning of 25.4.1915. Photographer A. Joyner, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM C01486. Cemetery near Lone Pine 1915. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P02768.007. Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll- Ben Harold Bailey
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour- Ben Harold Bailey
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
Guildford War Memorial
NAA: B2455 Bailey B H
Swan Express
Western Mail

Lord Street, West Guildford, WA.

 

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