REID, Andrew Thyne
| Service Number: | NX343 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 December 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/1st Field Workshop |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 20 December 1901 |
| Home Town: | Carlingford, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore) |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Engineer, Army Officer, Company Director |
| Died: | Coronary thrombosis, Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA, 7 December 1964, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 19 Dec 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX343 | |
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| 5 Jul 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, NX343, 2nd/1st Field Workshop |
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Excerpt for the Australian Dictionary of Biography
" On 19 December 1939) Reid enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force. Next month he was commissioned lieutenant in the Ordnance Corps. Arriving in the Middle East in December 1940, he was promoted major in March 1941 and took command of the 2nd/1st Field Workshop. He told his officers that 'it is part of my nature never to be satisfied. Anything I have done I have always felt could have been done better. So don't be discouraged if I should . . . appear to expect too much from you'. His service included two months at Tobruk, Libya. In September 1942 he returned to Australia as a lieutenant colonel and was attached to the Directorate of Mechanical Maintenance, Army Headquarters, Melbourne. "
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