CAIN, Gordon
(Service number 78555)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11/03/1905 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | S. Cain (father), Seadown, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 40th Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | |||
| Transport | RMS Tahiti/RMS Port Kingston | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1954 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Temuka | ||
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Biographical Notes
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (18 June 2015); see also Winsome Griffin's family history pages at http://winsomegriffin.com/Benbow/CainFamily.html; SCRoll web submission by W Griffin, 4 December 2015
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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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