Born on 15 February 1894 in Calabogie, Ontario - son of William Bailey, Earlton, Ontario - attestation form notes trade as lumberman, single, currently member of 97th Regiment, no previous military service, height of 5 feet 4.5 inches, chest of 35 inches, fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, Presbyterian.
Joined the 159th Canadian Infantry 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.
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A few notes about Cecil Bailey:
“Pte. 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.” (from: Temiskaming Speaker - 28 February 1918)
“While on service in France October 1917, shell burst in front, causing injury to eye and wound right thigh.” (from his Medical History form in his service records)
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