Victor RESTON

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Service Number:	2343
Enlisted:	5 March 1915, Enoggera, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Vancouver, Canada, 1887
Home Town:	Enoggera, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Illness (Pulmonary tuberculosis), Tasman Sea (HMAT Kanowna), At sea (Tasman Sea (HMAT Kanowna)), 24 November 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt

5 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2343, Enoggera, Queensland
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2343, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2343, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney

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Son of Fanny Reston of 78 St Marys Vale, Auckland, NZ

Next of kin given as his sister Gladys Reston of St Marys Vale, Auckland, NZ

20 October 1915 - commenced return to Australia on board HS Kanowna for discharge as medically unfit due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Served a 5 year apprenticeship with Canadian Bakeries, Canada