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| Name | BAIN – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 11th Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | – |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 26th January 1831 / 19 years 3 months / Edinburgh Scotland Mason |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8¼ in Dark / Dark / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Corfu – 4 years 10 months Spain – 11 months Malta – 6 years 3 months Crimea – approximately 1 year post Royal Artillery service |
| Length of Service | 21 years 171 days (excluding Ambulance Corps service) |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 13th July 1852 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None for Royal Artillery service Crimea War Medal with clasp for Sebastopol Turkish Crimea Medal (Ambulance Corps) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Edinburgh Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1852 1st Edinburgh 1852 2nd Edinburgh 1854 Turkey 1855 2nd Edinburgh April 1856 – December 1860 Western Australia 1861 – July 1882 Melbourne |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th January 1856 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 27th August 1811 Liberton Edinburgh Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 15th September 1811 St Cuthberts Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BAIN John Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | JOHNSON Margaret Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | None |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth) 21st January 1857 Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth) 15th September 1858 |
| Departure from Western Australia | c1861 for Melbourne Victoria Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 10 Jun 1881, Metcalfe, Victoria. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | Probate granted to Mary Bain 14th September 1881 Victorian Supreme Court (Series 22 Record No. 537) |
| Further Information | The Ambulance Corps was raised in 1854 for non-combatant service at the Crimean war battlefields they were former Army servicemen who had been discharged to pension. Consisting of four officers and two hundred other ranks and equipped with wagons for transporting the wounded and the necessary medical supplies they embarked at Woolwich on the 10th June 1854 for duty at Crimea where they were to act as stretcher bearers on the battlefield, provide transport for the sick and wounded from battle field to hospital, serve as hospital orderlies and servants for the medical staff. Totally untrained and already found unfit for service in the Army the Corps was not a success and within twelve months was disbanded the pensioners returned to the UK and their duties taken over by the Land Transport Corps and the Medical Staff Corps |