Returned ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Rye (Vic.),
Place of enlistment
Adelaide (S.A.),
Date of enlistment
1917-08-06,
Age
30,
Occupation
Civil servant,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
Signalers, April 1918 reinforcements,
Rank
Sapper,
Service number
52557,
Next of kin
Margaret Cain - Mother ; Hergott Springs, S.A.,
Date of death
1970-06-29,
Place of death
South Australia,
Biographical notes
Thomas Cain arrived in Port Darwin on SS 'Changsa' on 29 June 1898 with his wife Margaret Cain and five of their youngest children (Cyril Francis, Olive Mary, (Arthur) Norman, James (Jim) Laurence & Roy Augustine) to take up a position with the Palmerston – Pine Creek Railway. John Michael and Joseph joined them at a later date. Thomas was to spend fourteen years working as the District Maintenance Foreman before leaving to take up a similar position with the Great Northern Railway at Hergott Springs, South Australia in 1912. Another child, Leo was born in 1900. The family quickly integrated itself within the community, due largely to the musical abilities of Thomas and at least four of the children, performing at events with the Palmerston Musical and Dramatic Society. The children participated in fancy dress parades, and as they matured, joined various sporting clubs such as the Palmerston Cricket Club and Palmerston Rifle Club. When war was declared four of the boys enlisted: Joseph, (Arthur) Norman, Cyril Francis and James Laurence better known as Jim who was the only one killed in action.,
History
Cain embarked from Adelaide on board HMAT A14 'Euripides' on 1 May 1918. Norman visited his brother Cyril who had been wounded in hospital. He returned to Australia 22 November 1919 and discharged 30 January 1920.,
Subject
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
ANZAC,
Related links
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/22/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1559053/,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067465/RCDIG1067465--13-.JPG,
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3184115,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/22/ [Unit War Diary],
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=3184115 [Service Record],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067465/RCDIG1067465--13-.JPG [Embarkation Roll],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1559053/ [Nominal Roll],
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3291651 ["Personal", Northern Territory Times and Gazette, 21 September, 1918: p.17.],