BAIN, Robert Marshall
| Service Number: | 1676 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Derrinallum, Vic., 1889 |
| Home Town: | Derrinallum, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Derrinallum State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France XXIV B 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camperdown War Memorial, Darlington & District Honour Roll, Darlington War Memorial, Derrinallum & District WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1676, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 1676, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 1676, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 25 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1676, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1676 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Kay Bell
Son of George and Hannah BAIN, Derrinallum, Vic.
21st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement. Place of death or wounding
25 August 1916, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France exhumed from a grave at Pozieres 1929 and reburied at Serre Road Cem. No.2. Plot 24, Row B, Grave 7.
Robert Marshall BAIN was the youngest son of George BAIN (1842–1926) &Hannah BAIN (1849–1934) (nee MARSHALL) of Derrinallum.
He enlisted on the 15/4/1915 at 26 yrs 1 mth , 5’ 9 I/4 ins, complexion dark , blue eyes, brown hair. Occupation labourer. Religion- Presbyterian and single. He suffered with flu and other bouts of ill health.
He was Killed in Action 25 August 1916 Place of death or wounding Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France.
Robert Marshall BAIN was exhumed from a grave at Pozieres and reburied at Serre Road Cem. No.2. Plot 24, Row B, Grave 7.
His family received his personal effects 1917. His medals & Memorials in the 1920’s. In 1929 they were informed of his exhumation and received his identity disc
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
BAIN—In loving memory of our dearest brother, Robert Marshall, killed instantaneously by a shell at Moquet Farm, France, on 25th August, 1916.
Peaceful at rest he slumbers,
Who fought for the cause he loved ;
One of the countless numbers,
For freedom to shed his blood.
Inserted by his loving sisters and brothers-in-law, B. M. and G. Skene ; also A. and L. V. Edgar, and nephews Robbie, Ronald and Walter and little neice Lesley Joyce.
BAIN—In loving memory of our dear son and brother, Robert Marshall Bain, killed in action at Moquet Farm, Pozieres, August 25, 1916.
He sleeps beside his comrade,
In a hallowed grave unknown ;
But his name is written in letters love
In the hearts he left at home.
Inserted by his loving father and mother and brothers and sisters.