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BAINBRIDGE, Cyril Proctor
| Service Number: | 502 |
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| 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: | Norwood St Bartholomew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Penneshaw Kangaroo Island Men Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 502, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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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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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