Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Cain, Sydney Alexander
Service ServiceNumber Number1494 385 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Died of Wounds 10th July 1915 Gallipoli At sea on HMHS Peninsula “Gascon”
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NAME
Cain, Sydney Alexander
SERVICE NO
385
UNIT RANK
Private
AGE at Enlistment
35 yrs
PLACE OF BIRTH
Windsor, NSW
ADDRESS OCCUPATION
Fisherman
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
25 Aug 1914
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Randwick, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE
Nil
NEXT OF KIN
Brother;-Herbert Cain -47 Pearl St. Newtown, NSW 1920 –“Tyne” Frederick St. Campsie, NSW
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Height-6’ ½”.Weight-. Chest-37-40 Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Dark.
RELIGION
Protestant
EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS
GSW 5 Jul 1915-Dardanelles-Head-comp; frac; skull, destruction of R/Eye.
DIED
DOW 10 Jul 1915- HMHS “Gascon”
BURIED
At Sea Between Gallipoli & Alexanderia by Rev W C Mayne.
MEDALS
1914-15 Star-459, British War Medal-2200, Victory Medal-2200. Memorial Plaque -300837
DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS
ID Disc,
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