2460 Donald BAIN

Date of enlistment	17^th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Wounded in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick on three occasions Military Medal Marriage

Summary of Private Bain’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
10^th December 1919	Australia	Discharged
11^th October 1919	Australia	Disembarked Main at Melbourne
23^rd July 1919	England	Return to Australia on Main
23^rd April 1919	England	Marriage to Jessie Renton Welsh from Edinburgh
12^th April 1919	England	Embarked to Southampton and No.1 Command Depot Sutton Veny
31^st December 1918	France	Re-joined Battalion from hospital
27^th December 1918	France	Marched into AIB Depot
17^th December 1918	France	Admitted to 5^th Australian Field Ambulance, transferred to 41^st CCS – tonsillitis
26^th May 1918	France	Re-joined Battalion
8^th May 1918	France	Discharged to AIBD from hospital
2^nd May 1918	France	Transferred to 6^th Convalescent Depot, Etaples
22^nd April 1918	France	Transferred to 22^nd General Hospital, Camiers
20^th April 1918	France	To 6^th Australian Field Ambulance sick – tonsillitis
9^th October 1917	Belgium	Awarded Military Medal for operations 4^th-10^th October 1917
18^th March 1917	France	Re-joined Battalion
12^th March 1917	France	Transferred to Divisional Rest Station
10^th March 1917	France	To Corps Scabies Station in Le Havre sick – scabies
9^th January 1917	France	Re-joined Battalion
14^th August 1916	France	Discharged from hospital to duty ‘B’ class at 2nd ADBD, Etaples
6^th August 1916	France	Admitted 26^th General Hospital, Etaples
5^th August 1916	France	Wounded in Action – gunshot wound face and leg (mild) and admitted to 3^rd CCS
26^th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19^th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
8^th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25^th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29^th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
11^th September 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5^th Reinforcements 22^nd Battalion
13^th August 1915	Australia	Signalling School
4^th August 1915	Australia	Marched into depot