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Hugh Crofton Pain

(Confirmed)

Born: 1 January, 1883

Died: 1 January, 1953

Biographical Summary:

Veterinary surgeon. On attestation in 1916, next of kin Florence Pain, wife, lived at Glebe.

8th Field Ambulance. Gunshot wound left leg, 2 May 1916.

Lived in Mosman after WWI. Service record shows his address in 1922 as 56 Muston Street, Mosman.

Recorded Names:

• Hugh Crofton Pain

Service Number: 9142

Ranks:

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Sergeant

Birth Records:

• Born in Cambridge, England
• 1 January, 1883 in Littleport

Death Records:

• 30 November, 1953 in Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Life Events:

• Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
• Embarked from Melbourne on the HMAT Karoola

Address:

• 56 Muston Street Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

• wife - Pain Florence
• wife - Florence Mabel Featherstone
• father - Aaron Pain
• mother - Mary Jane Breeze

Organisations:

• Member of - 8th Field Ambulance

Main Sources:

• Sgt Hugh Crofton Pain (Photograph)
• PAIN Hugh Crofton Service Number 9142 Place of Birth Cambridge England Place of Enlistment Liverpool NSW Next of Kin Wife PAIN Florence (Item)
• Discovering Anzacs Hugh Crofton Pain (Webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll Hugh Crofton Pain (Webpage)
• Marriage Notice (Newspaper Article)
• Funeral Notice (Newspaper Article)
• THE UNLUCKY FIRST (Newspaper Article)
• State News In Brief General Fined for Possession of a Drug (Newspaper Article)
• TWO ACQUITTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE (Newspaper Article)

Commemorations:

• PAIN H. C. on the North Face of the