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Allwyn Bailey

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Gravestone at UN Cemetery Pusan, Korea for 207931 Allwyn Bailey. No Known Copyright.

Gravestone at UN Cemetery Pusan, Korea for 207931 Allwyn Bailey. No Known Copyright.

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allwyn AWMM
  • Surname
    Bailey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Albert AWMM
  • Service number
    Korea 207931 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 August 1921 AWMM Tipton, Staffordshire AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Korea Hororata, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Korea Bushman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served 6 years with Royal Navy in Bomb disposal section from 1943-1946.

    Served with Kayforce 1950-51

    Army record states he was born in Saint Johns/Newfoundland/Canada but he was actually born in Tipton, England. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 November 1951 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Korea, Asia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    United Nations Cemetery, Pusan, Korea AWMM Plot No 9, Row No 1, Grave No 297 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    NZ Herald, 22 November 1951, p. 8. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, Hall of Memories. Korea, Malaya-Borneo. AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • K-Force nominal roll : embarked for Korea on 'Ormonde' on 10 December 1950 AWMM
    • McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). New Zealand and the Korean War (Vols. 1-2). Auckland, N.Z.; Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs. AWMM
      IMcGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). Volume II: Combat Operations, 1996, pp. 228, 371, 399. AWMM

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