David Fitzroy GAIN

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GAIN, David Fitzroy

Other Name:	Genge, David - Service Record - Alias
Service Numbers:	1737, 1737A
Enlisted:	22 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
Born:	Silverton, New South Wales, Australia, 19 October 1887
Home Town:	Cessnock, Cessnock, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway employee
Died:	Natural causes, New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1957, aged 70 years
Cemetery:	Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) R S W 2 B/36
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

22 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1737, 1st Australian General Hospital
14 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1737A, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
14 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1737A, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
22 Aug 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF
4 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1737A, 2nd Australian General Hospital: AIF

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Biography contributed by Michael Silver

Enlisted as David Genge - correct name David Fitzroy Gain, the third eldest of eleven children of Edward Chubb Turpin Gain (1859-1905), a chemist from South Africa and his New Zealand born wife, Catherine Cameron Young (1867-1938).

Three of his brothers, 1426 Sergeant Edward Percival Gain MM (1885-1952), 554 Corporal Arthur Henry Gain (1894-1959) and 2335 Private Reginald Stanhope Gain (1896-1958) also served in the A.I.F. during World War I.

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