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Vaughney Edward CAIN

Regimental number1612
Place of birthPerth, Western Australia
SchoolQueens Park State School, Western Australia
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationButcher
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinGuardian, Clement Tutbury, 2 Clothilda Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Vcitoria Park Cadets, WA
Enlistment date13 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at 53 Casualty Clearing Station, FRance.
FateDied of wounds 19 November 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 59), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Foster son of Mrs C. TUDBURY, 2 Clotilde Street, East Perth, Western Australia. Native of Perth

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