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(Previously reported ill) SMH31/12/1917 Private Thomas Bailey listed for return to Australia by steamer “O”. Returned to Australia 30/6/1918 Married Iris M. Newton 1922 Roll of Honour, Canterbury District Memorial Board, Church of England, Campsie.
Bailey, Sapper Walter no.9816 9th Field Company Australian Engineers Beamish Street, Campsie. Bricklayer Born 1892 at Sydney, son of George & Elizabeth Bailey Enlisted 18/2/1916 at Sydney, aged 23. Single. Methodist. Next of kin, father, George Bailey, Beamish Street, Campsie Embarked from Sydney 5/7/1916 per HMAT A31 Ajana Casualty List SMH 7/7/1917 Wounded Returned to Australia 18/10/1917 Memorial Board, Church of England, Campsie Roll of Honour, Canterbury District
Bain, Sergeant William Thomas no. 154 1st Field Ambulance Australian Medical Corps B Section “Berowra” McKern Street, Campsie. Railway porter Bom 1892 at Sydney, son of Thomas & Rachel Bain. The family lived on the northern comer of McKern Street and Thorncraft Parade, 1916. Enlisted 24/8/1914 at Sydney, aged 21. Single. Presbyterian. Next of kin, father, Thomas Bain, McKern Street, Campsie Embarked from Sydney 20/10/1914 per HMAT A14 Euripides Casualty List SMH 2/11/1917 Wounded Returned to Australia 28/2/1919
Baird, Private John no.6046 22nd Battalion “Iolanthe” Dryden Street, Campsie. Farrier (Later comer of Loch Street and Nmth Avenue) Bom in Sydney, son of George & Mary Baird. Married Virginia Kaye, 1894. Enlisted 12/6/1916, aged 45. Married. Catholic. Next of kin, wife, Virginia Elizabeth Baird, “Iolanthe” Dryden Street, Campsie. Living c/Edward Spriggs, 53 Susan Street, Annandale at the time of enlistment. Embarked from Sydney 31/10/1916 per HMAT A8 Argyllshire. Casualty List SMH 20/11/1917 Wounded Returned to Australia 10/1/1918 Died 1929, death registered at Canterbury
Baker, Private Charles Albert no.6906 17th Army Supply Column, later 1st Division Army Supply Column
Beamish Road, Campsie. Bricklayer Bom 1894 at Sydney, son of William H. & Catherine Baker Enlisted 6/9/1915 at Sydney. Church of England. Next of kin, father, William Henry Baker The 17th A.S.C. (Supply Column) was formed in England with a high proportion of Australian troops. They reached Rouen on 8/7/1916, and were sent north to act as motor transport for the 17th Division of the V Corps. By 1917, they were transferred to the 1 st Australian Division. (C.E.W. Bean Official History v.3 p. 115-6) Casualty list SMH 20/11/1917 Wounded Casualty list SMH 20/6/1918 Wounded Returned to Australia 14/12/1918 Roll of Honour, Canterbury District
Baker, Private Stanley A. no.2870 1st Light Horse 10th reinforcements Campsie Bom in Sydney Enlisted at Sydney 7/2/1915. Next of kin, mother, Emily Baker Casualty List SMH25/12/1915 Wounded [probably near Rhododendron Spur] CasualtylistSMH30/12/1915 Severely wounded. In 15th G. Hospital, Alexandria Casualty list SMH 6/1/1916 Progress report: convalescent Returned to Australia 15/3/1919 Monument, Canterbury Public School Roll of Honour, Canterbury District
Baker, Corporal Thomas C. no.2732 37th Battalion 5th Reinforcements, later 8th Battalion Beamish Road, Campsie. Bricklayer Bom 1899 in Sydney, son of William H. & Catherine Baker. Lived in Beamish Road in the second house north of the Tennyson Street corner. Enlisted at Sydney 19/9/1916, aged 18 [i.e. 17], Single. Church of England. Next of kin, father, William Henry Baker, Beamish Road, Campsie. Embarked from Sydney 9/11/1916 per HMAT A24 Benalla Casualty List SMH 19/5/1917 Wounded Casualty List SMH 11/3/1918 Wounded (3rd occasion) Returned to Australia 4/7/1919 Married Miriam F. Clark 1920 Roll of Honour, Canterbury District Baleeming, R.L.B. See Leeming, Private Philip Lome Boden