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Albert Edward Goodard Bailie
Monument

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Albert Edward Goodard Bailie Veteran

Birth
Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Death
16 Dec 1943 (aged 22–23)
Queensland, Australia
Monument
Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia Add to Map
Plot
Panel 8
Memorial ID
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S.S. 'Wanaka' (DEMS)
16.12.1943 RAAF stores ship was driven
on to Eden Reef in 130 MPH winds and
capsized throwing 10 crew overboard
The salvaged ship resumed RAAF duties.

Eden Reef is on the Great Barrier Reef
S.S. 'Wanaka' (DEMS)
16.12.1943 RAAF stores ship was driven
on to Eden Reef in 130 MPH winds and
capsized throwing 10 crew overboard
The salvaged ship resumed RAAF duties.

Eden Reef is on the Great Barrier Reef

Gravesite Details

Aged 23. Third Officer Australian Merchant Navy. S.S. Wanaka (Sydney). Son of Edward Augustus Charles and Caroline Bailie, of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.



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