Reginald OUTHWAITE MC, MID

OUTHWAITE, Reginald

    Service Number: 108
    Enlisted: 10 September 1914
    Last Rank: Captain
    Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Banbury, England, 1889
    Home Town: Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Accidental (Thrown from horse), Villers-Bretonneux, 16 May 1918
    Cemetery: Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie
    Plot 11, Row D, Grave 11
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    World War 1 Service

    10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 108, 14th Infantry Battalion
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 108, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 108, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    6 Feb 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion
    30 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion
    2 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant
    9 Apr 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
    2 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 46th Infantry Battalion
    6 May 1918: Honoured Military Cross
    16 May 1918: Involvement 46th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain and Quartermaster awm_died_date: 1918-05-16

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 19 years. 

    Marital status at the tine of enlistment was given as widower and address was C/-Mrs L M Outhwaite, Riverscourt, Devonport, Tasmania,

    Next if kin was given as G Outhwaite Laburnum Avenue, Garden Village Hull, England.

    Medals:1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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