Albert Henry BAILEY

Regimental number13/970A
Date of birth24 April 1885
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStore manager
AddressDabriada, Milton Road off Dominion Road, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 10"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anna Bailey, 76 St Lawrence Road, Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 1), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Anna Bailey, 74 St Lawrence Road, Dublin, Ireland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Appointed Lance Corporal, Zeitoun, 28 June 1915.

Posted to unit as Trooper, Dardanelles, 14 July 1915.

Killed in action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22275958