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Francis Allan BAIN

Regimental number823
Place of birthMotorima, New Zealand
SchoolState School
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBrush maker
AddressFitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Alexander Bain, 396 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Previous military service63rd Infantry; Served in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date5 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 February 1916
Place of enlistmentVictoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 30 April 1917
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert
Date of death30 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerk (Plot I, Row J, Grave No. 2), France France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Ellen BAIN, 396, Napier Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Invercargill, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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