Edward Matthew BAIN

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BAIN, Edward Matthew

Service Number:	3208
Enlisted:	30 June 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Semaphore, South Australia, 7 September 1890
Home Town:	Glanville, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 September 1916, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

30 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3208, Adelaide, South Australia
14 Sep 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3208, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
14 Sep 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3208, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3208, 13th Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3208 awm_unit: 13th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04

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Biography

Son of Matthew Dinnen BAIN and Beatrice nee McDONOGH

"THE LATE PRIVATE E. M. BAIN.

Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Bain, of Russell-street, Glanville, have been officially notified of the death of their second son, Private E. M. Bain, of a machine gun company. He was killed in France on September 4. Deceased, who was liked and honored by all who knew him, left Adelaide on September 14. He was at Gallipoli and Suez Canal before going to France. Prior to enlisting he was employed by the Munipical Tramways Trust, at the power station, Port Adelaide. Another brother, Private A. E. Bain left for the front in August." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 14 Oct 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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