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John REEVES

Regimental number2433
Place of birthRockdale, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressHorse Shoe Creek, Kyogle, Lismore, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 6.5"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Reeves, Horse Shoe Creek, Kyogle, Lismore, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll14 September 1915
Place of enlistmentWest Maitland, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name30th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/47/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A67 Orsova on 11 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll30th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records17
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 32), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
117
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Agnes REEVES, Horseshoe Creek, Kyogle, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 30th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916.

Found guilty, 2 June 1916, of disobedience of orders, 2 June 1916: awarded 2 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 20 July 1916.

Previously reported missing now, 28 July 1916, reported killed in action, 20 July 1916.

Buried at Eaton Hall Military Cemetery by Reverend F.G. Ward, 20 July 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, REEVES John
Red Cross file 2260408

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