CAIRNS, Jack Roydon
| Service Number: | 3939 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geeveston, 13 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Glendevy |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Pulmonary Failure, Hobart, 29 April 1966, aged 74 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Geeveston Surges Bay Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3939, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3939, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne |
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Regimental number 2224 Religion Church of England Occupation Orchardist Address Surges Bay, Tasmania Marital status Single Age at embarkation 23 Next of kin Father, James Cairns, Surges Bay, Tasmania Enlistment date 25 May 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 12th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement (www.aif.adfa.edu.au) AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/29/2 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 25 June 1915 Regimental number from Nominal Roll 3939 Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 13th Field Company Engineers Fate Discharged 28 October 1919