John Rainey

Enlistment Date

31/08/1914

Age At Enlistment

Rank On Enlistment

Private

Regimental No.

Battalion

3rd Field Ambulance, A Squadron

Fate

Discharged

Fate Date

23/06/1917

Occupation

Cycle Mechanic

Place of Birth

Barrow-in-Furness, England

Religion

Church of England

Marital Status

Married

Embarkation Details

Embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914

John Rainey was playing for Toowoomba club Park Rangers, later known as Allies, when he enlisted along with several of his clubmates in August 2014. Rainey was assigned to the 3rd Field Ambulance, having previously served with the Royal Army Medical Corps. He took part in the Gallipoli landing on April 25, 1915. His battlefield experience ended in August after he was evacuated after being wounded. After recovering, Rainey served in England in a variety of camps until a final transfer as act as a nurse on a troop ship back to Australia. Here he was discharged as medically unfit. Rainey died in 1959.