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Personal data

• Name BLAIN
• Initials R
• First name RICHARD
• Place of birth Adelaide
• Country South Australia
• Last residence Gumeracha, South Australia
• Family Born Reginald Bain, in a Destitiute Asylum as an illegitimate child to Winifred Bain/Bean. Foster son of Mr. Frank Norsworthy, Gumeracha, South Australia
• Education Forreston State School, South Australia
• Profession Navvy

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 17 January 1916, Adelaide
• Service number 2766
• Rank Private
• Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 29th Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 8th Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 5th Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked at Suez on 15 April 1916;32nd Battalion; to France in August 1916; spent most of his time in hospital with trench feet and scabies; Marched in from England April 1917; Detached to 8th Infantry Bgde, 29th Btn. in August 1917

Death

• Wounded 25 September 1917, Polygon Wood
• Type of wounds Wounded in both legs and right hand. Died of wounds at n°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 27 September 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - D - 4

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