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Percy Clement REID

Regimental number1759
Place of birthNewtown, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationElectrician
Addressc/o S D Reid, 515 George Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 8"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinMrs A Reid, 515 George Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 May 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A61 Kanowna on 19 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 28 March 1919
Discharge date26 July 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Taken on strength, 20th Bn, Gallipoli, 31 August 1915.

Admitted to hospital, 28 September 1915 (influenza), and transferred same day to HS 'Glenart Castle'; to No 1 Auxiliary Hospital, Alexandria; discharged to Base Depot, Heliopolis, 1 December 1915.

Taken on strength, 5th Training Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 9 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 18 May 1916.

Admitted to 39th General Hospital, Marseilles, 20 May 1916; discharged from hospital, 5 August 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 78 days.

Rejoined 20th Bn, 12 September 1916.

Admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, 27 September 1916 (diarrhoea); transferred to England, 3 October 1916, and admitted to Queen Mary's Military Hospital, Whalley, Lancashire, 5 October 1916.

Discharged on furlough, 28 October 1916, to report to No 1 Command Depot, 11 November 1916.

Found guilty, 13 November 1916, of being absent without leave, 11-12 November 1916: awarded 2 days' confined to camp, and forfeited 2 days' pay.

Marched in to Overseas Training Brigade, Perham Downs, 1 June 1917.

Found guilty, 21 June 1917, of being absent without leave, 5-16 June 1917: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 44 days' pay.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 June 1917; marched in to 2nd Australian Division Base Depot, Havre, 26 June 1917.

Admitted to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 9 July 1917; discharged to Base Depot, 13 September 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 67 days.

Admitted to Camp Hospital, Havre, 3 November 1917; transferred to England, 17 November 1917, and admitted to Central Military Hospital, Sutton Veny, 19 November 1917 (inflammation of stomach). Discharged on furlough, 8 December 1917, to report to Command Depot, 22 December 1917.

Found guilty, 4 January 1918, of being absent without leave, 22 December 1917-3 January 1918: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 20 days' pay.

Found guilty, 18 February 1918, of breaking out of Isolation, 16 February 1918: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Admitted to Camp Isolation Hospital, Hurdcott, 4 April 1918 (scabies).

Fund guilty, 4 April 1918, of being absent without leave, 2-3 April 1918: awarded 4 days' Field Punishment No 2, and forfeited 6 days' pay.

Discharged from Isolation Hospital to No 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 14 April 1918. Marched out to Overseas Training Brigade, Longbridge Deverill, 17 April 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 15 May 1918; rejoined 20th Bn, in the field, 24 May 1918.

Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, 9 July 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin); discharged to duty, 19 July 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 28 July 1918.

Detached to Corps School, 10 August 1918; rejoined Bn, 30 August 1918.

Detached for duty with 7th Brigade Concert Party, 8 September 1918.

Admitted to 7th Australian Field Ambulance, 19 September 1918; discharged to duty, 26 September 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 22 November 1918; rejoined 20th Bn from leave, 10 December 1918.

Ceased attachment to 7th Brigade, and rejoined 20th Bn, 10 January 1919.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 15 January 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Macquarie', 20 March 1919; disembarked Sydney, 27 May 1919; discharged, Sydney, 26 July 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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