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KAIN, John
| Service Number: | 1698 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Orroroo, Orroroo/Carrieton, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Orroroo, date not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Orroroo District Roll of Honour WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1698, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1698, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
| 27 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1698, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Tanase Austin
John Kain was a grocer before he decided to serve Australia as a soldier. He joined the army on the 28th of February, 1916, in Adelaide and embarked from Adelaide on the HMAT A60 Aeneas on the 11th of April, 1916.
He transferred from the 13th Training Battalion to the 50th Battalion on the 30th of May, 1916, then to the 50th Battalion 2nd Reinforcement which was trained in Egypt afterwards.
Arriving in France on the 11th of June, 1916, he fought in a big battle at Mouqet Farm where more than 20,000 people were lost. The 50th Battalion fought between the 13 and 15th of August.
He was admitted to a hospital in France on the 16th of June, 1916, then invalided to England with rheumatism which is a sickness that causes inflammation in the joints. He then was admitted to the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital on the 6th of November, 1916, with myalgia which is a very bad pain in a group of muscles.
John spent a lot of time having illness from fatigue which is general exhaustion. When fighting in the trenches soldiers would get very tired from strenuous work.
He then was discharged for general disability on the 12th of May, 1917.
Altogether he served one year and 115 days. He came back to Orroroo and lived to 74 with his wife and was buried in the Orroroo cemetery. He was buried by a relative, Reverend Kain.
No record of any family has been recorded other than his wife Catherine Kain.
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