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CAIN, William
(Service number 21784)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	28 July 1889	Place of Birth	Winchester

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Seadown, near Temuka
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Samuel CAIN (father), Seadown, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	20 January 1966	Age	70 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 195, Plot 847
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Cain was the son of samuel and Sarah Ann (née Eagle) Cain. He married Isabella Frances Sophia Green on 24 March 1920 at St Peter's Church, Temuka

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 January 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Library) [17 January 2017]

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