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MCBAIN, William Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 3189 |
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Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Holsworthy, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Moruya, NSW, 2 December 1891 |
Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Leichhardt Superior Public School |
Occupation: | Window Dresser |
Died: | San Francisco, California, USA, 22 December 1948, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, California, USA SPRUCE Garden LOT: 106 |
Memorials: | Moruya School Boys Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3189, 20th Infantry Battalion, Holsworthy, NSW | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3189, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3189, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of James G and Anne E McBAIN, 94 Westborne Street, Petersham, NSW
William served in Egypt and France but was invalided to the 2nd Birmingham Hospital, England on 6th December 1916 suffering from heart diseace and was returned to Australia 30 July 1917 and discharged as medically unfit in August 1917.