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UNDERWOOD, Reuben Clifton
| Service Number: | 1050 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 9 January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 28 September 1939, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 9N, Site No: 7 |
| Memorials: | Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1050, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1050, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 1050, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 1050, 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Reuben Underwood and Margaret Underwood nee Edwards of Mount Gambier, SA
Husband of Gertrude Underwood nee Frost of Thomas Street, Unley, SA. Reuben and Gertrude married in Beasconsfield, WA during 1898
16 February 1916 - Enlisted at Adelaide, SA with the 43rd Battalion. Rank - Private.
13 January 1917 - promoted to Lance Corporal.
4 October 1917 - wounded at Third Ypres. Wounds to the wrist and shoulder. On 19 October 1917 he embarked HS Ville de Liege for England.
Commenced return to Australia on 8 November 1918 aboard HT Haiku disembarking at Melbourne on 29 December 1918 for onward travel to Adelaide, SA
13 March 1919 - discharged at Adelaide as medically unfit due to sesnility and overage.
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