GLUYAS, Reginald Reseigh
| Service Number: | 5029 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1917, 14th Reinforcements Enlisted in Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Edithburgh, South Australia, 24 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Edithburgh School & Stott & Hoare Business College, Adelaide |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 17 August 1918, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot IV, Row C, Grave 28, Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Daours, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Edithburgh Public School Roll of Honour, Edithburgh WW2 Roll of Honor, Edithburgh War Memorial, Myrtle Bank War Memorial, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5029, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 14th Reinforcements Enlisted in Adelaide | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 5029, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 5029, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 22 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to 50th Battalion, D Company in the field | |
| 17 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 5029, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5029 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Reginald Reseigh GLUYAS was born on 24th October, 1898 in Edithburgh in South Australia
His parents were Francis (Frank) Turnbull GLUYAS and Alice Louisa RESEIGH - he was their only son and had two sisters Vera & Dorothy
He had 2 months previous service with the Senior Cadets of the 75th Battalion before he enlisted in Adelaide on 23rd July, 1917 with the 32nd Battalion. He was with the 14th reinforcements who embarked from Melbourne on 22nd December, 1917 on HMT Ulysses - he later transferred to the 50th Battalion in the Field on 22nd May, 1918
Reginald was wounded in action by gunshots to the abdomen on 17th August, 1918 & later died at the 55th Casualty Clearing Station in France
He is buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France and also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial -
He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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