BAILEY, Stanley Frank
(Service number 35773)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 22 November 1895 | Place of Birth | Templeton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 22 September 1916 | Age | 20 years 10 months |
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| Address at Enlistment | Waihaorunga | ||
| Occupation | Mechanic | ||
| Previous Military Experience | D Company 2nd South Canterbury Regiment - serving | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs F. BAILEY (mother), Starven Street, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 22nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 15 February 1917 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki; transferred to Boora at Melbourne | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 February 1973 | Age | 77 years |
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| Place of Death | Waimate | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Stanley Frank Bailey was born on 22 November 1895 at Templeton, the elder son of Frank and Edith Mary (née Powell) Bailey. He was started his schooling at Springston, transfeering in succession to Sumner, Templeton, Phillipstown and East Christchurc schools, before returning to Springston, from where he went home to work in 1909.
He was a mechanic at Waiihaorunga when he enlisted on 22 September 1916 at Feaherton. Single and of Church of England affiliation, he named his mother as next-of-kin – Mrs F. Bailey, Straven Street, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch. He was serving with D Company of the South Canterbury Regiment. Trooper S. F. Bailey embarked with the Mounted Rifle Brigade, departing from Wellington for Suez, Egypt, per the “Moerakie” on 15 February 1917. He was discharged on 20 June 1919 and was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. The name of S. F. Bailey appeared regularly on the Waimate Daily Advertiser Roll of Honour under the sub-title of Answered the Call.
Stanley married Nina McCullough in 1921. Nina died in 1930, leaving three young children. Stanley married Sybil Mercia McRae in 1933. He died on 22 February 1973 at Broad Gully, Morven, Waimate, aged 77 years, and was buried at Waimate Old Cemetery alongside Nina, a services stone marking his grave. Sybil died in 1996.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museumm Cenotaph Database [06 July 2022]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [08 July 2022]; School Admission records (Canterbury Branch NZSG) [08 July 2022]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG records) [08 July 2022]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 30 May 1918, Press, 23 February 1973 (Papers Past) [18 September 2019; 26 July 2022]
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