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WISHART, Reginald Alexander

Service Number:	450
Enlisted:	17 April 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kerang, Victoria, Australia, 26 October 1893
Home Town:	Macorna, Gannawarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Inverleigh State School & Doroq State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, 2nd Australian CCS, Trois Arbres, France, 28 May 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row M, Grave No. 3
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 450, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 450, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 450, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
28 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 450, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW to back and abdomen (penetrating chest) sustained during a trench raid at Bois Grenier. Evacuated to 2nd Aust CCS at Trois Arbres, where he died of his wounds the next day 29 May 1917.

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