Francis John REES

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REES, Francis John

Service Number:	2283
Enlisted:	25 February 1916, Place of Enlistment, Goulburn, New South Wales.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	55th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adaminaby,New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1885
Home Town:	Murrumbucca, Cooma-Monaro, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 16 January 1967, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

25 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2283, 55th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Goulburn, New South Wales.
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2283, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2283, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
4 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2283, 55th Infantry Battalion

Snowy River Soldiers

Snowy River Soldiers
Ten soldiers, part of the 4th Reinforcements for the 55th Battalion sailed from Sydney to England. They stopped in Melbourne for some free time, and to regain their land legs, and they wrote a short letter and addressed it to the local newspaper, the Adaminaby Advocate.

The signed letter was then sealed in a bottle and dropped into Port Phillip Bay.
The soldiers continued on their sea journey and finally disembarked in Plymouth, England, on October 29th.

SNOWY RIVER SOLDIERS
Message by Bottle Post
The following letter, written by several “The Men from Snowy River”, was picked up in a bottle on the beach near Cape Schanck by Misses R. Russell and E. Cairns. It was addressed to the editor of the Adaminaby Advocate:
Going through the Melbourne Heads. We are just writing you a note, if ever you get it, to say we had a good time all the way from Sydney, all on board being fairly well today, but some of the Snowies were a bit seasick, as it was a bit rough. We had a few hours leave in Melbourne and had a good look round. The following send their names and wish to be remembered to friends in their town of Adaminaby: S. H. Turner, E. Power, F. J. Rees, Alf Tozer, G. Mansfield, J. Turner, A. Goodman, J. J. O’Neill, E. C. W. Venables, L. Freebody.

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