Regimental number | 3876 |
Place of birth | Newport, Victoria |
School | North Williamstown State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | 18 Wilkins Street, Newport, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, M F Paine, 18 Wilkins Street, Newport, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served for eighteen months with the Australian Navy and eighteen months with the Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 58th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Nil |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Bayonet Trench, Somme, France |
Age at death | 22 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Bancourt British Cemetery (Plot XII, Row A, Grave No. 5), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 166 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Fred and Annie PAINE, 18 Wilkin Street, Newport, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Nil |