Reginald Arthur PENROSE

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PENROSE, Reginald Arthur

Service Number:	140
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Calcutta, India, 1893
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Detective
Died:	Killed in Action, Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 28, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 140, Enlisted at Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 140, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 140, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Henry and Priscilla Amelia (nee Potter) Penrose of Nami Road, Dalanwala, Dahra Dun, India

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

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