John Gilbert BRAIN

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Service Number:	475
Enlisted:	10 June 1916, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Richmond, Tasmania, 23 July 1874
Home Town:	Richmond (T), Clarence, Tasmania
Schooling:	Richmond State School
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 August 1917, aged 43 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Richmond War Memorial

10 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Brisbane, Queensland
26 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 475, 12th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
26 Oct 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 475, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
9 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 475, 12th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres

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