Regimental number 1676

Place of birth Derrinallum, Victoria

School Derrinallum State School, Victoria

Religion Presbyterian

Occupation Labourer

Marital status Single

Age at embarkation 26

Next of kin Father, George Bain, Derrinallum, Victoria

Previous military service Nil

Enlistment date 15 April 1915

Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 13 April 1915

Rank on enlistment Private

Unit name 21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement

AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/38/2

Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 16 July 1915

Rank from Nominal Roll Private

Unit from Nominal Roll 24th Battalion

Fate Killed in Action 25 August 1916

Place of death or wounding Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France

Date of death 25 August 1916

Age at death from cemetery records 27

Place of burial Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 (Plot XXIV,Row B, Grave No. 7), France

Panel number, Roll of Honour,

  Australian War Memorial 100

Miscellaneous information from

  cemetery records Parents: George and Hannah BAIN, Derrinallum, Victoria

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