Sydney Alexander CAIN

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Service Number:	385
Enlisted:	25 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, 1879
Home Town:	Brooklyn, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Died of wounds - head, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 July 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Rev. W.C. Mayne officiated Panel 17, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

25 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 385, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 385, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 385, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney

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Next of kin given as hisonly full brother Herbert Cain of 76 Pearl Street, Newton, NSW later of Campsie, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He had previously work on farming properties