Raines, George Augustus: Service no. 745166

Digitized Service Record

Source: 116th Excel sheet by Mark Carmichael re. soldiers of 116th that served with the 18th Battalion.

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Family Search: When George Agustus Raines was born on 25 April 1893, in Port Perry, Ontario, Ontario, Canada, his father, George Augustus Raines, was 27 and his mother, Marietta Palmer, was 21. He married Irena Lavina Griffen on 12 November 1919, in Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Ontario, Canada in 1893 and Ontario, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 22, his occupation is listed as harness maker in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada West, British Colonial America. He died on 30 November 1919, in Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 26, and was buried in Ontario Pinegrove Cemetery, Port Perry, Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Enlisted as Augustus George Raines.

Reg number	745166
Name	Rains, Augustus George
Rank	Private
Year of Birth	3/8/1905
Date of Death
Cemetery
Cemetery location
Country of birth	Canada
Home Country	Canada
City born	Port Perry, ON
Address	Port Perry, ON
Enlistment Date	12/7/1915
Drafted?
Enlistment place	Port Perry
Origin Unit	116th Battalion
Pre war Unit	34th Regiment
Final Bn	18th
Ship	SS Olympic
Date in England	7/31/1916
Date in France
Date w 116	12/7/1915
Left 116th	10/6/1916
Married	no
Occupation	harness maker
Wounded date	4/14/1917
Wound type/Death particuolars	measles, Chillbains, GSW Rt Thigh, impedigo, shell gas, gsw rt arm (Oct 10, 1918)
KIA
DOW
Died other
Missing/Presumed Dead
Wounded	yes
Sick	yes
PTSD
Medals
Vimy
Vimy area
Raid
Hill 70
Pass
Amiens
Parvillers
Boiry
Canal
Other
Unit History	116th to 18th
Other details	A Coy
Field Punishment
FP Details
Gravestone
Underage
Medically Unit
Deserter
Undesirable
Casualty Description