George James MCBAIN

Badge Number: S4654, Sub Branch: Robe
S4654

MCBAIN, George James

Service Number: 10907
Enlisted: 22 March 1916
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 11th Field Company Engineers
Born: Mt Benson Station, near Robe, 28 April 1879
Home Town: Mount Benson, Robe, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Memorials: Robe War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

22 Mar 1916: Enlisted
31 May 1916: Involvement Sapper, 10907, 11th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
31 May 1916: Embarked Sapper, 10907, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Lance Corporal, 10907, 11th Field Company Engineers

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Biography contributed by Lilly Mcbain

Regimental number- 10907

Place of birth- Mount Benson South Australia 

Religion- Presbyerian 

Occupation- Farmer

Address- Adelaide, South Australia 

Marital status- Married 

Age of embarkation- 36

Next of kin- Wife, Mrs Lucy Mcbain, c/o Mrs Burton, Hall street, Semaphore, South Australia 

Enlistment date- 20th of March 1916

Rank on enlistment- Sapper

Unit name- 11th Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 1 

AWM Embarkation Roll number- 14/30/1

Embarkation details- Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on the 31st of May 1919

Rank of Nominal Roll- 11th Field Company Engineers

Fate- Returned to Australia on the 27th of April 1919 

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