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BAIN, Walter Oliver
(Service number 77019)

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First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	24/02/1897	Place of Birth	Redcliffs, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	27 March 1917	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	Levels Valley
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr W. BAIN (father), Levels Valley
Religion	Prsbyterian
Medical Information	(1) Height 5 feet 9½ inches. Weight 136 lbs. Chest measurement 30-33½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest not well formed. Heeart & lungs normal. Had had illness - scarlet fever. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left). Not in good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Lost last phalanx of forefinger on right hand. General condition poor. Poor Physique. Not likely to benfit by training. Class C2. (2) Height 5 feet 9½ inches. Weight 138 lbs. Chest measurement 32-34½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair light brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. Slight defect(s) but not sufficient to cause rejection - see infra - Physique. Lost 1st phalanx of forefinger. No fits. Never certified for consumption. Never under treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. Never absent from work through ill-health or accident.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Death

Date	25 June 1968	Age	70 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 26 June 1968
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 371, Plot 14
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Walter Oliver Bain was the younger son of Walter and Elizabeth Ann (Bessie, née Oliver) Bain. He was born on 24 February 1897 at Redcliffs near Waimate.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0011406) [27 August 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs); Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [27 August 2017]; Personal family research; Timaru Herald, 26 June 1968 (Timaru District Library); School Admission Records (Waimate Branch NZSG & South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [27 August 2017]

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