William Alexander Bain

Forenames

William Alexander AWMM

Surname

Bain AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/110 AWMM
• WWI 8/2251 AWMM
• WWI 8/2251 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Hotel Bristol, Cuba Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

J. Bain (father), Athol Place, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/110 AWMM
• WWI 8/2251 AWMM
• WWI 8/2251 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Dairy farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Sergeant AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment AWMM

William Bain was the son of James John and Isabella Elizabeth Bain, of 87 Russell Street, Dunedin.

Served in Samoa. AWMM

Death

28 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France AWMM IV.G.35. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272393
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commmission
  https://www.cwgc.org/
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 28
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• HMNZT 1. Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff, and Samoa sun : the unofficial organ of the Advance Party of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa. [Apia, Samoa] : Literary Committee of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-