Reason Hugh SEINOR

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SEINOR, Reason Hugh

Service Number:	2530
Enlisted:	17 May 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Warialda, New South Wales, 22 September 1880
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tailors dresser
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No Known Grave: LONE PINE MEMORIAL PANEL 57, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Tammin Roll of Honour, Victoria Park Lodge No 48 W.A.C. WW1 Memorial Tablet

World War 1 Service

17 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
18 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2530, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: Incorrectly recorded as Reason Hugh Senior on original roll
18 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2530, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Chilka, Fremantle
2 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2530, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2530, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography

Reason Hugh (Sykes) Seinor was born in Warialda, New South Wales to Samuel and Margaret Seinor. He enlisted on the 17th May 1915 at the age of 33 years and 9 months of age. He enlisted in Perth, Western Australia. His service number was 2530.

At embarkation he was allocated to the 7th Reinforcements, 16th Infantry Battalion. After being taken on strength by the battalion Reason was posted to D Company, 16th Infantry Battalion.

Prior to enlisting, Reason worked for 2 years as a tailor's presser for Thompson and Company in Perth, Western Australia. He was killed in action on the 8 August 1915 at Gallipoli. He has no known grave but is memorialised on the Lone Pine Memorial and the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour.

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