REYNOLDS, Alfred Edward
| Service Number: | 6099 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Morven, New South Wales, Australia, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Tallangatta, Towong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Walla Walla Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Dairy Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXI, Row B, Grave No. 20. DUTY NOBLY DONE HIS MOTHER |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6099, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6099, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6099, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 6099, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6099 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred Edward Reynolds enlisted in Albury, New South Wales, during June 1916. His older brother, 1422 Private Albert Lawrence Reynolds 3rd Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Lone Pine on 7 August 1915. Confirmation of Albert’s death would have only just been reaching Australia. They were the sons of the presumed late Thomas Reynolds and Mary Ann (his wife), who was living at Howe's Creek, Mansfield, Victoria at the time. According to the mother, Mary Ann, the father had disappeared from the family some five years before the war, and had not been heard of since.
Alfred joined the 21st Battalion in France some six months before he suffered a severe shrapnel wound to the abdomen. He died of his wounds the same day and is buried in Belgium.
The mother, Mary Ann, was in constant contact with the AIF, even up to 1924, regarding medal entitlements, personal effects, photographs of graves and her many changes of address. She signed off on one letter, “My son was an Anzac.” She received a pension for the loss of two sons.