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AVERY, Reginald Edgar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1870 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 5 March 1880 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Coningsby State School, Brisbane Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Drover |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bouzincourt, France, 4 April 1918, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane Grammar School Memorial Library WW1 Honour Board 1, Coningsby State School HB, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1870, 41st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1870, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1870, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 1870, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1870 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Reginald Edgar AVERY was born in Mackay, Queensland on 5th March, 1880
His parents were John Symons AVERY & Elizabeth Livingston EDGAR
He enlisted on 31st January, 1916 and embarked with the 49th Infantry Battalion, 2rd reinforcements from Brisbane on the HMAT Clan Macgillivray on 1st May, 1916
He was Killed in Action in France on 4th April, 1918 - no known grave
Reginalds name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
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