RAINES, Henry Hammond
| Service Numbers: | 51235 , 51235 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1870 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Pleurisy and uraemia, 5th Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Pres. A. 642., Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Coburg, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 51235 , Australian Army Medical Corps | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 51235, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1, Home Service |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 44.
He was accepted for commemoration as Great War dead on
12/10/2011
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His eldest son 3145 Private William Henry Raines 46th Battalion AIF died of wounds 20 April 1917 age 21. St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen O. IX. G. 3
Henry Hammond Raines enlisted in August 1916, giving his age as 44 years and 1 month. He was from Fitzroy, Victoria, and was only in the AIF for one week when he became ill and was admitted to the 5th Australian General Hospital in Melbourne. He died a week later, 8 September, 1916 after becoming progressively worse and slipped into a coma. Cause of death was given as pleurisy and nephritis.