DAINS, James William
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ariah Park, NSW, 5 July 1882 |
| Home Town: | Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Methodist Clergyman |
| Died: | Randwick Military Hospital, NSW, 20 September 1944, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bowral General Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Cardiff Methodist Church Roll of Honour, Uralla Methodist Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney | |
| 14 Oct 1915: | Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Oct 1915: | Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney | |
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Rev. James W. Dains, of Bowral, the original Methodist padre of the Ninth Brigade, attached to the 35th Battalion, who could not visit Newcastle for the commemoration march owing to continued ill health, sent the following message: 'What memories are stirred by the mention of the anniversary of the departure for the war of those great men, and what a privilege it was to serve them in any capacity. We shall remember with great pride the many fine men who made the supreme sacrifice, and those who still miss them and find the old sorrows reopened today. My
earnest prayer is that the world may be saved from another great calamity.'
The Newcaslte Sun Monday 29 June 1936 page 5
THE LATE REV. J. W. DAINS
Last week at the Military Hospital, Randwick, the Rev. James W. Dains passed away after a long and wearing period of illness and weakness. He died as he lived, a brave and good Christian and minister of the gospel. His body was taken to Bowral for burial, and the friends who gathered in the church for the funeral service bore witness to the nobility and graciousness of his character and witness. To his daughter, Mrs.B. B. Kilby, and to his sons, Walter and Ronald, the first-named a prisoner of war in Japanese hands, and the other a Lieutenant in the Army, our hearts go out in tenderest sympathy.
The Methodist Saturday 30 September 1944 page 7
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