Reginald George Henry MILDWATERS

MILDWATERS, Reginald George Henry

Service Numbers: 3130, 3130A
Enlisted: 29 April 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
Born: Cowell, South Australia , 1885
Home Town: Marrinup, Murray, Western Australia
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Timber hewer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
9 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3130, 6th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 3130, 7th Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3130, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
9 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 3130, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle
28 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 3130A, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3130A awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-28

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Biography contributed

Reginald George Henry MILDWATERS was born in Cowell, South Australia in 1885

His parents were John Walter Yearbury MILDWATERS & Mary Jane HILL who married in South Australia on 12th July, 1866

He married Verdiana GHILOTTI in Collie, Western Australia in 1912 - 4 children, Dorothy, John Andrew, Phillip & Reginald Joseph

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3 of his sons served during WW2

1. John Andrew MILDWATERS (SN WX10247) - discharged 14th September, 1944 - 10 Garrison

2. Philip MILDWATERS (SN WX19078) - discharged 25th June 1944 - 2/28 Infantry Battalion

3. Reginald Joseph MILDWATERS (SN W72527) - 8th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps

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