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BAIN, William
(Service number 61021)

Aliases	Bill
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	23/04/1897	Place of Birth	Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date	18 July 1917	Age	20 years 3 months
Address at Enlistment	Kimbell, Fairlie, Canterbury
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles - serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs E. BAIN (mother), Kimbell, Fairlie
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6½ inches. Weight 126 lbs. Chest measurement 31-34 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Not free of varicose veins. Vaccinated (left). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Mole on left hip. A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	30th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	13 October 1917
Transport	Corinthic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	25 March 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in Action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 July 1968	Age	71 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 20 July 1968
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 126, Plot 2
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Bain was born on 23 April 1897 at Pleasant Point, the third child and second son of John and Ellen Isabel (née Burgess) Bain. Like his brother Donald, he started at Fairlie School before transferring to Cricklewood and Silverstream and back to Fairlie.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Datanbase [31 October 203]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0011407) [02 November 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 October 2016]; Timaru Herald, 3 October 1918 (Papers Past) [03 August 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [31 October 2016]; Timaru Herald, 20 July 1968 (Timaru District Library) [01 November 2016]

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