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Private Cecil Charles Bailey

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1894-02-15
Place of birth: Calabogie Ontario Canada
Next of kin: William Bailey, father. Earlton, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Lumberman
Occupation (normalized): Logger (General)
Address: Earlton, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1963-03-02

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 648046
Highest Rank: Private
Rank detail
  1. Private (Army). 1918-11-22 to 1919-02-14
  2. Private (Army). 1917-11-12 to 1918-11-21
  3. Private, 38th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-06-26 to 1917-11-11
  4. Private (Army). 1917-01-30 to 1917-06-26
  5. Private (Army). 1915-12-21 to 1917-01-29
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded October 30, 1917 at Passchendaele
Awards

British War Medal

Victory Medal

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 19523
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B0341-S016
Uploader's Notes: 28 February 1918 , Temiskaming SpeakerPte. Bailey has been in English Hospitals for over two months. He was wounded in the right leg, and had shrapnel wounds in the face. In a letter to his sister, Mrs. A. M. Smith, formerly of Charlton, but now of Cobden, he says the shrapnel wounds can hardly be noticed and while he had thought for a while that he would lose the sight of his right eye, it is now, after undergoing treatment at the Eye and Ear Hospital, nearly as good as new. His address is No. 648046, Moore Barracks Hospital, Ward 1, Shorncliffe, Kent, England.
Uploader's Research notes:

The 159th Battalion was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Haileybury, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in the districts of Nipissing and Sudbury. After sailing to England in November 1916, the battalion was absorbed into the 8th Reserve Battalion on January 20, 1917. The 159th Battalion had one Officer Commanding: Lieut-Col. E. F. Armstrongs.

Joined the 159th Battalion on 21 December 1915 (number 648046) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 26 or 27 June 1917 - wounded on 30 October 1917 - invalided to England on 12 November 1917 - rejoined the battalion on 5 September 1918 - transferred to the Labour Pool or the Canadian Forestry Corps on 18 October 1918.

[Private Army Canadian Infantry 159th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 8th Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot Private Army Canadian Infantry 38th Battalion Private Army Canadian Forestry Corps 23rd Forestry Company British War Medal Victory Medal ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-09-06
Last modified: 2022-02-08