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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Joseph Gibson Bain
Service No:
469267
Rank:
Private
Regiment :
64th Battalion; 2nd Battalion
Date of Birth
April 16, 1884
Place of Birth
Dayton, Yarmouth Co. NS
Date of Enlistment:
August 27, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Sussex, New Brunswick
Age at Enlistment:
31
Height:
5 Feet 7 Inches
Complexion:
Fresh
Eye Colour:
Hazel
Hair Colour:
Brown
Marital Status
Single
Trade:
Clerk
Religion:
Methodist
Next of Kin:
Mary Bain
Date of Death:
October 11, 1916
Age:
32
Cemetery:
Etaples Military Cemetery
Grave Reference:
VII. D. 2.
Commemorated on Page 49 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on February 1
Joseph Gibson Bain was the son of Capt. Joseph Bain and Mary Bain, of Dayton, Yarmouth County, Nova
Scotia.
He enlisted with the 64th Battalion at Sussex, New Brunswick, and served in “A” Company. Following
training in Canada he embarked Halifax on March 31, 1916 on the SS Adriatic and disembarked in Liverpool,
England on April 9, 1916.
He was transferred to the 2nd Battalion in England and joined the Battalion in France on September 13,
1916. He suffered a gun shot wound to the abdomen on October 10, 1916 and was hospitalized at No. 8
British Red Cross Hospital at Le Touquet where he died on October 11, 1916.
Joseph Gibson Bain
Etaples Military Cemetery