Ronald Hugh BAILY

Regimental number10/716
Date of birth19 March 1892
Place of birthNew Plymouth
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressNew Plymouth Borough Council
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 9"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinHugh Baily, New Plymouth
Previous military service'A' Company, 11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitMachine Gun Section, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 September 1915
Place of burialAll Souls' Cemetery (55. 4. 26925), Kensall Green, London, England
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Parents: Hugh and Rosalie Baily, New Plymouth
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War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Wounded in action, 15 August 1915; admitted to No.16 Casualty Clearing Station, 16 August 1915 and transferred to Hospital Ship, date not stated (shrapnel wound, left thigh); to Fulham Military Hospital, Hammersmith, 30 August 1915.

Died of wounds, Fulham Military Hospital, 24 September 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Place of burialKensal Green (All Souls') Cemetery
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22272347

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