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Arthur John PAINE

Regimental number3439
Date of birth13 June 1882
Place of birthWaterloo, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFitter
AddressRichmond Road, Plumbton, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinSister, Mrs Elizabeth Emma Baker, Consett Street, Concord West, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 December 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 November 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name54th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/71/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 11 January 1918
Discharge date27 April 1918 - Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Served one year 153 days (one year and 42 days of which were spent abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of John and Mary (nee Baker) Paine

Married Louise Jane Anderson on 9 April 1921 at the Baptist Church, Harrow Road, Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales.
Date of death31 October 1954
Age at death72
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Salvation Army Independant Cemetery Section 3 "o") Cremated on 2 November 1954 and ashes placed under the headstone of his wife Louise who died on 4 July 1954~

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