Cyril Proctor BAINBRIDGE

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BAINBRIDGE, Cyril Proctor

Service Number:	502
Enlisted:	22 February 1915
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 22 January 1896
Home Town:	Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tinsmith
Died:	21 January 1955, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Barmera (Upper Murray) Garden of Memory Cemetery Section F; Row B; Plot 3
Memorials:	Penneshaw Kangaroo Island Men Roll of Honor WW1

World War 1 Service

22 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 502, 27th Infantry Battalion
31 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 502, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Machine Gun Company, Egypt
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 502, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
29 Sep 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 502, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, Evacuated to the UK
29 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Machine Gun Company
7 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 502, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days"
29 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 502, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography

Father: Edward Bainbridge living at Edwardstown SA.

On enlisting Cyril was 19 years old, a Tinsmith, Church of England, single and living at Miller St, North Unley, South Australia.

22/2/1915 Enlisted at Keswick, SA, Private C Co. Base Infantry

16/3/1915 joined 27th Infantry Battalion

31/5/1915 Embarked Port Adelaide, onboard HMAT Geelong A2.
as a Corporal in Machine Gun Battalion (MGB).

5/7/1919 Married Catherine Oldring, 31 yrs, widow
Parish Church at Wandsworth, Battersea

8/10/1919 returned to Australia, with Catherine, on board Benalla
22/11/1919 disembarked into Port Adelaide

23/1/1920 discharged

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. January 2016. Lest we forget.

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