John Dill REID

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Service Number:	308
Enlisted:	23 September 1914, An original member of C Company
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Burwood Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Poultry farmer
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 26 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

23 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 308, 13th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 308, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 308, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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His brother 4523 Private Marcus Dill Reid, also served with the13th Battalion AIF; he was killed in action on 13 July 1917 in Belgium, aged 21 years.

Another brother, 3654 Private William Smith Reid 1st Pioneer Battalion AIF, was returned to Australia in late 1917.