Eric Bailey (GC)

Eric George Bailey
Born(1906-10-14)14 October 1906
Died12 January 1945(1945-01-12) (aged 38)
Resting placeRookwood Cemetery, Sydney
Police career
CountryAustralia
DepartmentNew South Wales Police Force
Service years1927–1945
RankSergeant 3rd Class
AwardsGeorge Cross
George Lewis Trophy
Certificate of Merit, Royal Humane Society of Australasia
George Cross and its ribbon bar

Eric George Bailey GC (14 October 1906 – 12 January 1945) was a sergeant with the New South Wales Police Force and a posthumous Australian recipient of the George Cross, the highest civil decoration for heroism in the United Kingdom and formerly in the Commonwealth.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Police GC Awards". Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2007.
  2. ^ "Eric George Bailey, GC". George Cross database. Archived from the original on 31 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-27.