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Surname BAILEY
Given Name(s) or Initial(s) Henry W
Regimental Number
RankCaptain
Unit Name 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
StateQld
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown)
Murray: Adjutant, previous service with 1QMI, Queen's South Africa medal and 3 clasps King's South Africa medal and 2 clasps
B5172: next of kin at 'Sutton' Toowoomba Qld.
Source:# 643 Lt. Col. gentleman from Toowoomba Qld., WW1 5th Reinforcements 9Bn. AIF embarked 4.1915, returned to Aust. 9.1915 and died 8.5.1916 aged 47, buried in Toowong Cemetery
URL1: WW1 AIF Major 9Bn.
URL5: Captain, sailed for Eng. aboard the 'Pembroke Castle' 15.7.1902 on passage home.
URL4: WW1 AIF Major Temporary Lt. Col. VD 5th Reinforcements for 9Bn., initials HW born in 1869 aged 45 in 1914, 2 years 8 months in South Africa, died in 1916.
URL8: died ?5.5.1916 aged 46.
URL9: photo.
URL10: RETURNING TROOPS. AUSTRALIANS FOR ENGLAND. London, 22.7.1902. Ten-thousand British soldiers sailed from South Africa for Great Britain in different transports last week. Captain JR ROBERTSON, Lieutenant CW CLARKE and 52 men of the Commonwealth Contingent, Captains J NEWMAN and A MOYES of New South Wales, Captain H BAILEY of Queensland and Lieutenants R DUMARESQ and J HAMER of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry, have sailed from South Africa for England.
Source References
Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 508 509
Fogg: 5th Contingent Qld. Imperial Bushmen in South Africa 1901-02 page(s) 7
B5172: National Archives of Australia series B5172
Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 643
B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455
Queenslander: The Queenslander newspaper date(s) 13.4.1901
Ad. Advertiser: Adelaide Advertiser newspaper date(s) 23.7.1902 page 5
Bne. Courier: Brisbane Courier newspaper date(s) 12.12.1902
External Link URL1www.awm.gov.au/cms_images/awm8/23_26_2/pdf/0366.pdf
External Link URL2www.awm.gov.au/database/133/page.asp?Folder=2&Page=99&Surname=bailey
External Link URL3www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
External Link URL4naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3044974&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL5www.angloboerwar.com/other-information/86-shipping-records/1826-shipping-records-july-1902
External Link URL6aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=10454
External Link URL7www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/CollectionsDownloads/Documents/boer_war_index_id18351.pdf
External Link URL8nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20362911
External Link URL9nla.gov.au/nla.news-page2403208
External Link URL10trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/4862535


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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
 
Colin Roe
Canberra

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