Regimental number | 1663 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Tweed Heads New South Wales |
School | Murwillumbah and Tweed River Public Schools |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Butcher |
Address | Maclean via Grafton, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Dainer, Maclean, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 25th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
Discharge date | |
Family/military connections | Brother: 5803 Private Vincent Dainer, 25th Battalion, returned to Australia 18 December 1918; Father: 2604 Private Edward Dainer, 4th Pioneer Battalion, returned to Australia 11 May 1919 |
Other details | Service on Gallipoli (at the evacuation) and France (Armentieres, Messines, Somme). Wounded at Pozieres 29 July 1916; buried for half an hour at Delville Wood. Wounded again at Zonebeke 7 October 1917. Wounded again at Messines 25 December 1917 and invalided to King George's Hospital, England |
Date of death |