Ancestor Details

Name of Ancestor: George Walter Bayliss

Ancestor's date of birth: 11/07/1881

Ancestor's date of death: 31/08/1968

Cause of Death: Detail not provided.

Service Number: 3270

Colony or State of enlistment: NSW, Place of Enlistment: Deniliquin

Unit: 3 NSW Mounted Rifles

Rank attained in Boer War: TPR, Date Effective: On enlistment

Highest Rank attained (if served after war): CPL, Date Effective: 01/04/1916

Murray Page: 138

Contingent: Fifth New South Wales

Ship: Maplemore, Date of Sailing: 15/03/1901

Memorial details: Detail not provided

Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory medal.

Personal Characteristics: Adventurous man - did not talk about the war often. Was a strict father but a good father. Brought up his three daughters alone from when the youngest was about three years old. Height: 1.74 m, weight: 69.4 kg (1915).

Reasons to go and fight: Enlisted with his brother (PHIllip Bayliss) for the adventure!

Details of service in war: April 1901 - April 1902 in Free State and East Transvaal including Boer breakthrough at Langverwacht (24 February 1901).

Service and life after the Boer War: Returned to Deniliquin and worked in the abattoirs for a time. He then went droving - droved down to the Grampians area in Victoria. Then enlisted in the AIF 17 August 1915, 8^th Light Horse Regiment, 14^th Reinforcement; served with the 4 Div Artillery in France. Discharged 1919. Purchased land through the soldier's settlement scheme just out of Deniliquin after WW1 and farmed for most of his remaining work life. Moved to Melbourne in his 60s.

Descendant Details

Name of Descendant: Nicole Jenkins, Deniliquin NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Great granddaughter

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