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REID, Walter Gourlie
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5171 |
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Enlisted: | 18 November 1915, at Brisbane |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland., October 1894 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , 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), Motherwell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5171, 15th Infantry Battalion, at Brisbane | |
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31 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 5171, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
31 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 5171, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney |
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