Reginald DEACON

DEACON, Reginald

    Service Number: 1200
    Enlisted: 9 September 1914, Rosebery Park, NSW
    Last Rank: Driver
    Last Unit: 4th Infantry Brigade Train
    Born: Narrendera, NSW, 8 November 1894
    Home Town: Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Leichhardt Primary School
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Australia, 7 May 1915, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1200, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, Rosebery Park, NSW
    21 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 1200, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
    21 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 1200, 4th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Sydney
    7 May 1915: Involvement Driver, 1200, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1200 awm_unit: 7th Australian Army Service Corps Company awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-05-07

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of Alfred and Essie DEACON, 26 Lords Road, Leichhardt, NSW

    Pte. REGINALD DEACON (killed) was 21 years of age, and son of Mr. Alfred Deacon, of Flood Street, Leichhardt. He had lately been employed at Lysaght's, Limited.

    DEACON. Driver Reginald Deacon, killed on May 7, upon the beach at Gaba Tepe, with a shrapnel shell, aged 21 years. He died that we might live. Inserted by his sorrowing mother and sister, Winnie.

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