John “Skip” Bailey

To begin with .....

1. Prologue
2. Summary of His Life
3. Introduction

Contents .....

1. Skip Bailey’s Ancestors .....
   1. Colonisation of Western Australia
2. Farmer Family in Australia .....
   1. Thomas Farmer Senior
   2. Thomas Farmer Junior
3. Bailey Family in Australia .....
   1. Francis Andrew Bailey
   2. Francis Andrew Lewis Bailey
   3. Harvey Inkpen Bailey
   4. Percy Herbert Bailey
   5. Oswald Gordon Bailey
4. John (Jack or Skip) Pretty Bailey
5. RAAF in World War 2
6. Skip Enlists in RAAF
7. Progress of War in the Pacific at Time of Skip’s Capture
8. Goodenough Island and Bombing Mission
9. Ditching and Capture by the Japanese
10. Search for Skip Bailey and his Crew
    1. Japanese Explanation of the Fate of A9-244 Crew
    2. Conditions at Naval POW Camp Rabaul
11. The Fate of Allan Mervyn Brown
12. Presumption of Death of Geoffrey Hubert Vincent
13. Presumption of Death of Skip Bailey and Charles William Vincent
14. Father Lamarre’s Letter to Skip Bailey’s Mother
15. The Search for W/O Skip Bailey and F/O Geoffrey Hubert Vincent
    1. Keith Manson Rundle
    2. Skip Bailey Found
    3. Burial of Skip and his Crew
16. War Crimes Investigations after the War
17. Skip’s Family After the War
    1. Rusty Cuming
    2. The Final Days for Marjorie and Rusty

To end with .....

1. Epilogue

Appendices .....

1. Skip Bailey’s Family Tree