Australian Military Units

Private Arthur William Bazley

Date of birth	1896-08-04	South Yarra, VIC.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1914-10-05	Enlisted in the AIF. Shortly after enlisting he became the official assistant to Australia's official correspondent to the war, Charles Bean.
Other	1917-07	He was transferred to the AIF War Records Section in London.
Date promoted	1918	Promoted to staff sergeant.
Other	1919	Bazley contracted influenza.
Date returned to Australia	1919-05	Returned due to illness.
Date of discharge	1919-08	AIF appointment ended.
Date of honour or award	1919-12-12	Meritorious Service Medal.
Other	1925 - 1939	Bazley worked as Bean's assistant and official librarian at Victoria Barracks in Sydney.
Other	1930 - 1940	Wrote a celebrities of the AIF column for the journal Reveille.
Other	1940	He was appointed Chief Clerk and Librarian of the Australian War Memorial.
Other	1941-11-11	The Autralian War Memorial opened.
Other	1942 - 1946	Became acting director of the War Memorial while the director, John Treloar, was serving as the head of the AIF's Military History and Information Section.
Other	1946	Bazley left the War Memorial for the Department of Immigration.
Other	1954	Became a life member of the Returned Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen's League (later to become the RSL).
Date of death	1972-07-31	Canberra, ACT.