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Cenotaph record

Gordon Galbraith Bailey

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Galbraith AWMM
  • Surname
    Bailey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 24879 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 July 1911 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Smith's Flats, Emerson Street, Napier AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs S.E. Bailey (mother) Smith's Flats, Emerson Street, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 24879 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Gordon Bailey was the son of Herbert John Bailey and of Susan Emily Bailey (nee Brierly), of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    3. A. 5., Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2110247
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.22 AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM

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