Henry David CAIN

CAIN, Henry David

Service Number: WX17860
Enlisted: 3 December 1941
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Donnybrook, Western Australia, 13 December 1920
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Malaya, 12 February 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brookhampton Thomsons Brook Shire Memorial, Donnybrook War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX17860
3 Dec 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX17860, 2nd/4th Machine Gun Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

WX17860 CAIN, Henry ‘Harry’ David KIA Hill 200, Ulu Pandan, Singapore 12 February 1942 aged 21 years.  Harry was born 1920 at Donnybrook to Richard Cain and Vera Hildegarde Trigwell who married about 1917.

Cain enlisted 3 December, 1941- same day as Bendall (above).  Harry or Cobber as he was known to his mates, had been with the 25th Light Horse Militia before transferring to AIF.

Harry’s mate Vern Trigwell was also his cousin.

http://2nd4thmgb.com.au/story/donnybrook-war-memorial/

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