Anzac Day; QX 5005 Cpl Harry Skyring Baylis

As a personal touch to the day, Cpl Baylis was my mother’s cousin.  He was killed in action on the 10^th of November 1942, which according to the history of the 2/33 would have been at Gorari in PNG (7-11 Nov 42).

While this was going on, my father was involved in the battle of El Alamein.

Roll of Honour - Harry Skyring Baylis

Service number: QX5005

Rank: Corporal

Unit: 2/33rd Battalion (Infantry)

Service: Australian Army

Conflict: 1939-1945

Date of death: 10 November 1942

Place of death: Papua

Cause of death: Killed in action

Cemetery or memorial details: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea