Name: David Thompson Bayne Rank: Private Service Number: K/47385 Service: Westminster Regiment (Motor) Date of Birth: January 14, 1919 Place of Birth: Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland Date of Enlistment: September 29, 1939 Place of Enlistment: MIssion City, British Columbia Address at Enlistment: Antigonish, Nova Scotia Age at Enlistment: 20 Height: 5 Feet, 7 Inches Complexion: Fair Eye Colour: Brown Hair Colour: Dark Brown Occupation: Lumberman Marital Status: Married Religion: United Church Next of Kin: Agnes Thomson Bayne (Mother) North Grant, NS Date of Death: February 19, 1944 Age: 25 Cemetery: Moro River Canadian War Cemetery Grave: IX.G.14. Commemorated on Page 245 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 24 David Thompson Bayne was the son of John Aitken Bayne (1876-1962) and Agnes Thomson Bayne (1884-1987), of North Grant, Antigonish Co., Nova Scotia. David had nine brothers and four sisters. The family came to Canada from Scotland in 1927 and lived in Antigonish Co., NS after 1936. David’s brother, George Bayne (1920-2003) also served and was wounded in action, losing his lower leg. His younger brother Robert Bayne (b. 1923) served in Belgium with the Canadian Army and his brother Thomas Mitchell Bayne (b. 1921) served with the Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Regiment, and was killed in action on December 13, 1944 near Ravenna in Italy. A fourth brother, John Bayne (1914-1961) served with the Merchant Navy during WWII from 1940 and as a fireman on the SS Ericus during 1943. Four months prior to his enlistment, on September 29, 1939, David was working in British Columbia. He married Lillian Bayne in Vancouver, BC on October 3, 1941. David trained in Canada and went overseas and disembarked at Liverpool, England on November 11, 1941, where he served until November 1943. He proceeded to Italy arriving there on November 15, 1943. On February 19, 1944 he was one of three members of a recce patrol under Lieutenant Edward Marlatt Mackenzie. The patrol had reached its objective, an enemy house, and was moving away from it when one of the patrol set off a mine or booby trap. Lieutenant Mackenzie and Private David Thompson died following the encounter. Private N. I. Jakel, also wounded, managed to escape as enemy were approaching from the house. Private David Thompson is buried in the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery.

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