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Charles John REACE

Regimental number888
Place of birthToowoomba, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWindmill fitter
AddressLongreach PO, Longreach, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Reace, Gladstone Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 November 1917
Place of death or woundingNeppe, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialPont D'Achilles Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 8), Nieppe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; John and Mary REACE, Native of Toowoomba, Queensland

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