Henry John Trainor (SN 1926) was born at Cape Clear and was a 19 year old labourer when he enlisted in Ballarat on April 28th 1916. He departed for active service aboard the Orontes on August 16th 1916, assigned to the 39th Battalion. He reached France in November. During 1917 he was twice wounded in action, but each time was able return to his unit. In January 1918 he was found guilty of ‘striking his superior officer with his fist’ and fined 48 days pay. On April 6th 1918 he suffered multiple shrapnel wounds to his arm and back and was evacuated to hospital in England. After the war he returned to Australia aboard the Karogola, disembarked at Melbourne on June 12th 1919 and was discharged on September 1st 1919.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his name as Henry J. Trainer.