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Reginald John REID

Regimental number16
Date of birth--/01/1894
Place of birthPaddington New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationElectrician
Address665 Bourke Street, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinIsabella Reid, 665 Bourke Street, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military service16th Signal Troop Army Engineers
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/11/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 20 October 1914
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Divisional Signal Company
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: SIG Div 5
Promotion date: 14 March 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', Second Supplement, No. 30107 (1 June 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 (4 October 1917).

FateKilled in Action 31 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialVlamertinghe New Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row C, Grave No. II), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Isabella REID, 'Lynton', Bartlett Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales

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