Blain, Angus Cameron

Western FrontAll Campaigns

1 Nov

Written By Renegade Moss

PLACE BIRTH

Isle of Man

OCCUPATION

Labourer

PLACE ENLISTMENT

Townsville

DATE ENLISTMENT

11-12-1915

NEXT OF KIN

Mr. Blain Bixpham, Blackpool, England

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Pension claim came from Mossman Post Office

REGIMENT 1

49th Battalion AIF

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

DATE DISCHARGED

27-12-1916

OTHER INFO

Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal

STORY OUTLINE

Labourer, Angus Cameron Blain, was born on the Isle of Man, next of kin, Mr Blain, Blackpool, At 21 yrs old, he enlisted at Townsville on 11-12-15. A private in the 49th Battalion he was wounded in action in France and sent to Wandsworth Hospital in England. On 16-10-16 he sailed to Australia with tibia, thigh and arm problems where he was discharged on 27-12-16. A pension claim that came from the Mossman Post Office was cancelled on 2-08-17.

SERVICE NO

5049