Born on 10 November 1897 in Cornwall, Ontario - son of George B. Bailey, Cornwall, Ontario - enlistment form notes present address in Cornwall, Ontario, single, Baptist, trade as machinist, no current or previous military service, height of 5 feet 8 inches, chest of 34 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, black hair.
Conscripted into the 1st Depot Battalion, Eastern Ontario Regiment, on 7 January 1918 (number 4020750) - taken on the strength of the 38th Battalion in France on 17 August 1918 - wounded on 2 September 1918 - invalided to England on 5 September 1918.
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