Carlisle Clinton TAINSH

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TAINSH, Carlisle Clinton

Service Number:	6641
Enlisted:	1 August 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, S.A., 17 April 1892
Home Town:	Yaninee, Wudinna, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	By shellfire whilst a stretcher bearer, Ieper Flanders Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ceduna Denial Bay and Districts WW1 Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

1 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Miltiades (A28)
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6641, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 15 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: 24 Jan 1917
Date unknown:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6641, 27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Son of William and Bertha Tainsh, of Murat Bay, South Australia

Awarded

British War Medal 55558

Victory Medal 54718

Commemorative Medallion - 335535 presented to his father 4 October 1922

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