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Harold John PAINE

Regimental number4832
Place of birthPaddington, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolGlenmore Road Public School, Paddington, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBrass finisher
Address35 Stafford Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinE. Paine, 35 Stafford Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Machine Gun Regiment of the 24th Infantry East Sydney Battalion.
Enlistment date15 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 8 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of wounds at Chester Hospital, England on 11th September 1918.
FateDied of wounds 11 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death22.11
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialChichester Cemetery (Row 132, Grave No. 78), Sussex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Ada PAINE, 35 Stafford Street, Paddington, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: No.1277 Arthur Richard Paine CSM, 30th Infantry Battalion, who died of wounds in the 3rd Canadian General Hospital, France on 12th December 1917 after being wounded in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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