About Ernie Bailes
Lived 1888 – 1964 (aged 75). Ernie Bailes was an australian rules football player.
Ernest Albert Bailes (18 June 1888 – 16 March 1964) was an Australian rules footballer. He played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL); and, having been dropped by Collingwood, he transferred mid-season to the Brighton Football Club in the VFA, where he played from 1909 to 1915.
Family Born on 9 August, 1883, the son of Alfred Shrapnell Bailes, who was the Mayor of Sandhurst, (1883-1884), and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1896-1894, 1897-1907), and the younger brother of ex-Fitzroy footballer Barclay "Tich" Bailes.
Military service He enlisted in the First AIF in February 1916.
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Who was Ernie Bailes?
Australian rules footballer
When was Ernie Bailes born?
Ernie Bailes was born on 18 June 1888 in Bendigo.
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Ernie Bailes died on 16 March 1964 in Heidelberg.
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Ernie Bailes was an australian rules football player.
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