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Leonard Walter Bailey

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leonard Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Bailey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 17744 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Bailey (mother), Okaiawa, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 17744 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Butcher/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Len Bailey was the son of James and Emma Bailey, of Okaiawa, Taranaki. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 July 1917 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM

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  • Great uncle Len died at Messines Ridge 31/7/1917 100 years ago.No known grave-just a name on the Memorial at Messines Ridge Cemetery-one of nearly 1000 Kiwis on this Memorial..One cannot help to ask what for,and all jingoism aside it seems to me such an utter waste of his,and 18,000 other Kiwis lives that were lost .One can only speculate what his life may have been had he come home.
    Public - Martin - Direct descendant - 9 August 2017
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04 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
09 August 2017MartinAuckland NZDirect descendant

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