[1] He was educated at Brisbane Grammar School and then attended the Gatton Agricultural College, where he studied cheese and butter making.
[4] He was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in the same year, suffering head injuries so severe that "his recovery was regarded as miraculous".
Bayley was re-elected as an "Independent Nationalist" in 1918 after a deal to swap contingency votes with the endorsed National candidate.
[3][5] He was soundly defeated at the 1920 election by endorsed Country Party candidate Cecil Roberts.
[8][3][9] Bayley married Mary Elizabeth Evans[2] (died 1968)[10] on 6 September 1904 and together had two sons and three daughters.