William Thomas CAIN

Regimental number65343
Place of birthAustralia
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFriend, Miss V L Jones, Lower Hutt
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 2 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row O, Grave No 15), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Edward and Sarah Ann Cain, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 7