| Regimental number | 1663 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Tweed Heads New South Wales |
| School | Murwillumbah and Tweed River Public Schools |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Butcher |
| Address | Maclean via Grafton, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 21 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Dainer, Maclean, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 25th Battalion, A Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/42/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 25th Battalion |
| Fate | Returned to Australia |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
| Discharge date | |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 5803 Private Vincent Dainer, 25th Battalion, returned to Australia 18 December 1918; Father: 2604 Private Edward Dainer, 4th Pioneer Battalion, returned to Australia 11 May 1919 |
| Other details | Service on Gallipoli (at the evacuation) and France (Armentieres, Messines, Somme). Wounded at Pozieres 29 July 1916; buried for half an hour at Delville Wood. Wounded again at Zonebeke 7 October 1917. Wounded again at Messines 25 December 1917 and invalided to King George's Hospital, England |
| Date of death |