Regimental number | 3897 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
School | North Melbourne State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 5' 1.5" |
Weight | 122 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, James Reid, 62 Baillie Street, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 24th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/41/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 59th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Aubers Ridge British Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 4), Aubers, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 168 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Annie REID, 68 Baillie Street, Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Adelaide, South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2244 Pte Alexander Ernest REID, 24th Bn, returned to Australia, 31 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 58th Bn, Ferry Post, 20 April 1916. Transferred to and taken on strength of 59th Bn, 19 May 1916. Found guilty, 22 May 1916, ofbeing absent without leave at 1800, 22 May 1916, at Outpost Duty, Ferry Post: awarded 5 days' Field Punishment No 2 and 5 hours' pack drill. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Posted missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'. Handwritten note on Form B103: 'Presumed to be Buried In No Man's Land approx 5J90 43 to 5K02.5.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'. Statement, Red Cross File No 2260703, 3976 Pte J. THOMAS, B Company, 59th Bn (patient, Southall Hospital, England), 11 December 1916: 'In the charge at Fleurbaix, informant and Reid were badly wounded, and lay out together nearer the German lines than our own. Informant managed to crawl back and when he left, Reid was in a dying condition, wounded through the shoulder, and an explosion bullet through the left foot. Informant told the stretcher-bearers about Reid, but they found the firing too hot, and could not get to him.' Second statement, 3898 Pte C.A. RYLANDS, B Company, 59th Bn, 18 January 1917: 'Witness says he saw soldier killed by a shell which blew one of his legs off and he bled to death at Fromelles. He was just making back into his own trench having received a previous wound. Third statement, 4078A Pte W.D. COOK, 5th Pioneer Bn, 27 July 1917: 'Casualty went over the parapet on the 19th July at Fleurbaix in the 2nd wave. He was killed there. I saw the body lying in No Man's Land with a shoulder and one side of the leg badly torn. He was quite dead. I saw him. I was a S.B. when I passed him by. We could only attend to the wounded. There was no time to bring in the dead.Casulaty as brought in and buried at Sailly with 21 others. They put a cross over the grave on which his name is inscribed.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, REID Charles John
Red Cross File No 2260703 |