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Walter James CAIN

Regimental number3037
Place of birthSt Arnaud, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressLangwarrin, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 4"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinFather, D P Cain, Frankston PO, Frankston, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 28 July 1915 - 21st Bn, 7th Reinforcements; taken on strength, 60th Bn, 26 February 1916; 59 Bn, 15 March 1916.
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingBattle of Fromelles, France
Age at death31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 16), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Transferred to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note on B.103, 'presumed buried in No Man's Land approx at 5J9043 to 5K0251 Sheet Hazebrouck 5a'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, CAIN Walter James
Red Cross file 670405

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