Identity
Title
Corporal
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Forenames
Wilfred Alec AWMM
Surname
Bayley AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Wilfrid Alec (or Wilfred Alex)
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Service number
- WWI 9/668 AWMM
- WWI: 9/668; WWII Army: 639467; WWII Air: 432163 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 July 2015 - Military Record
Gender
- Male AWMM
- Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 July 2015 - Military Record
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
- Congregationalist Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 July 2015 - Military Record
- WWII: Presbyterian Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 July 2015 - Military Record
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
24 January 1889
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Place of birth
England
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Birth notes
son of George Henry Bayley of Selkirk House, Cheltenham, England
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Address before enlistment
WW1 Unknown AWMM Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
WW1 George Henry Bayley (father), Selkirk House, Cheltenham, England AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 14 December 1914
AWMM Single AWMM
Service
Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Last rank
WWI: Corporal; WWII: Private
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Biographical information
- Oct 1919 - A pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew's Church, Gisborne, this afternoon, by the Rev Mr Murray, of Matawhero, when Miss Marian Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Mr J. Russell, of Matawhero, was married to Mr Wilfred Alex Bayley, son of Mr G. H. Bayley, of Opanae. Misses Dunn and Russell were bridesmaids and Mr W Russell (brother of the bride) was best man. Mr McNab was groomsman. After the ceremony at the church the party adjourned to Findlay's tea rooms, where the breakfast was held. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 July 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15398, 17 December 1920, Page 5
- 9 July 1917 - RETURNED FROM THE FRONT.
Four more Gisborne soldiers returned home yesterday, coming from. Auckland by the SS Arahura Their names are: Sergt Major W Graham Corporal W Bailey, Privates M. R Walters and W J Foster They were met by Messrs R M Birrell, and A H Wallis, on behalf of the Defence Committee, and Mr J B Erskine secretary of the Returned Soldiers' Association.
Corporal W Bayley was farming in the Opotiki district when he left with the draft of Frontiersmen who were attached to Otago's Second Reinforcements. He participated in the Gallipoli campaign, being amongst the last lot of men to leave the peninsula at the time of the evacuation. He subsequently went to France as a member of the Cavalry Squadron attached to the New Zealand Infantry Division. He was one of the fortunate ones in that he escaped from bullet and shell, but he injured his knee and also suffered from internal troubles which necessitated his being invalided home. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 July 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14344, 9 July 1917, Page 2
Death
Death
Date of death
12 December 1980
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Age at death
91 yrs
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Place of death
Gisborne
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Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Cemetery name
Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne
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Grave reference
Block: 27; Plot: 479; Warrant # 23577
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