Athol Clyde FAINT

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FAINT, Athol Clyde

Service Number:	1437
Enlisted:	7 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales
Schooling:	Uralla Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Palestine, 4 November 1917
Cemetery:	Beersheba War Cemetery Row D, Grave 16,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Uralla Public School Honour Roll

7 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1437, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, NSW
4 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1437, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Mashobra embarkation_ship_number: A47 public_note: ''
4 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1437, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Mashobra, Sydney
4 Nov 1917:	Involvement Trooper, 1437, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1437 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1917-11-04

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Athol Clyde FAINT was born in Armidale, NSW in 1896

His parents were John FAINT & Martha TICKLE - after Johns death Martha remarried to a Richard WILLIS

He enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 7th July, 1915 & embarked with the 1st Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcements from Sydney on 4th October, 1915 on the HMAT Mashobra

Athol died of wounds in Palestine on 4th November, 1917 and is buried in the Beersheba Military Cemetery

Inscription: "Gone but not forgotten"

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His brother Arthur FAINT (SN 6895) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1918

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