William Henry Bilbey

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William Henry Bilbey

Postby franksharp » Sat Oct 13, 2012 2:26 am

Attested to Royal Scots Regt as 9520 (?) on 13 Mar 1906. Posted to East Indies 20 Jan 1909, transferred to 4th Bn Worcestershire Regt 1 Dec 1909 by Authority of GOC (Meerut) as 11041 (?) Private. Appointed Unpaid L/Cpl 29 Nov 1910 while employed as Curator, Outram Insitute. Discharged at his own request 31 Mar 1911 on payment of £25. In July 1912, mention is made (on the Military File of his brother-in-law) of a request for an address of his brother-in-law by William Henry Bilbey from Royal Hotel, Naini Hotel, UP, India. In Nov 1912 William Henry Bilbey arrived in Australia, attested to the AIF in 1914 and was mortally wounded at Lone Pine on 7 Aug 1915, and died at sea on 10 Aug 1915. The foregoing is taken from the "soldier's papers" of Bilbey in the National Archives and the Autralian War Memorial, Canberra.

Can anyone help me in finding what happened to Bilbey between his Discharge on 31 Mar 1911 and his arrival in Australia on 12 Nov 1912. £25 is a lot of money for a Pte/L/Cpl to pay for his discharge and, as his discharge was abroad, presumably he would be responsible for his passage to wherever he then went. It seems he stayed in India for quite some time after his Discharge until at least Jul 1912, but doing what ? Why did he request a Discharge ? Did he go back to England before going to Australia ? Any help much appreciated. Would there be any relevant information in Unit Diaries ?
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Re: William Henry Bilbey

Postby corona » Sat Oct 13, 2012 11:50 am

The last page of his Attestation Papers on FIND MY PAST lists ,as his next of kin, prior to his marriage, his Farther, Mother and Brother all living in Canada.
A long shot but could he and his family have gone there before moving to Australia?
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