George Duncan REID

REID, George Duncan

    Service Number: 2762
    Enlisted: 17 July 1915
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Williamstown, Vic., 1887
    Home Town: St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Sawyer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension, Estaires, Nord Pas de Calais, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2762, 24th Infantry Battalion
    27 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2762, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    27 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2762, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    25 Jul 1916: Involvement Lance Corporal, 2762, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2762 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Eldest son of George Duncan Reid and Maria Amelia Reid, of 1 9, Neptune St., St. Kilda, Victoria

    Cpl. G.D. Reid, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G.D. Reid, Neerim South, late of Bairnsdale, was killed in action in France on the 25th July.  He enlisted in June 1915, and sailed on the 20th October.  He was employed for a time on the construction works of the Bairnsdale to Orbost railway line.

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