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Reginald PORT

Regimental number2459
Place of birthWagga Wagga New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressLake Albert, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Thomas Port, Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Previous military service44th Infantry
Enlistment date15 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialFavreuil British Cemetery (Plot I, Row b, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
162
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Mary PORT, Fitzhardinge Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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