PAIN, Hugh Crofton
| Service Number: | 9142 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian Convalescent Depot |
| Born: | Cambridge, England, June 1883 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Veterinary Surgeon |
| Died: | Bowen Terrace, New Farm, Qld., 29 November 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Mosman "With the Colors" Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9142 | |
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| 18 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 9142, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 9142, 1st Australian Convalescent Depot, HMAT Karoola, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Aaron PAIN and Mary Jane nee BREEZE
Hugh Crofton Pain seemed incapable of keeping out of strife and the newspapers.
16/9/1920 SMH p.5 He was taken to court by the doctor who operated on his wife, Dr John Deakin of 203 Macquarie Street for the sum of 29 Pounds, Eighteen Shillings owing. He denied the indebtedness as the operation was carried out without his, or his wife's instructions.She consequently died, he claimed. The verdict went against him.
Evening News 27/8/1925 p.10 He was fined 3 Poinds at North Sydney Court for having put a notice in his shop's window at Mosman - Hugh Crofton Paine, Veterinary Surgeon - which was against the Veterinary Surgeons Act.
Courier-Mail 1/4/1938 p.8 50 Pounds in fines imposed for writing poison prescriptions, viz morphine. He had been refused registration. (In 1935 he had been fined for having morphine in his possession - Courier-Mail 29/3/1935 p.11)
21/5/1943 Courier-Mail p.4 Operation on Woman Denied.
28/8/1943 Courier-Mail p.2. "Three Years Gaol".
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