Clifford Albert REID

REID, Clifford Albert

Service Number: 8388
Enlisted: 8 July 1915
Last Rank: Lieutenant
Last Unit: 4th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Kensington, South Australia, Australia, 1897
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Traveller
Died: 15 June 1985, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Weeping Rose, Rose Bed N26, Position 12
Memorials: Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

8 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8388, 6th Field Artillery Brigade
24 Nov 1915: Involvement Driver, 8388, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
24 Nov 1915: Embarked Driver, 8388, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Botanist, Melbourne
7 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8388, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Bullecourt (Second), Wounded
6 Nov 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8388, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, Gunshot wound to the face
7 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, 8388, Appointment terminated

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Biography contributed by Modbury High School

Born in Kensington, South Australia, Clifford Albert Reid enlisted in the war on the 15th of September 1915. Although he gave his age as 22 he was probably only 18, as shown by his age at death. On the 24th of November 1915, he embarked on the HMAT Botanist from Melbourne to be a driver in World War I. He was assigned as a driver in the 6th Field Artillery Brigade. His service number was 8388, and he went on to become Lieutenant Clifford Albert Reid. When he enlisted in the war, he was 5”11.5 tall, 140 lbs with a fresh complexion, green eyes and light brown hair.

After arriving in England in late 1916 Reid was posted to officer training school and emerged in February 1917 as a 2nd Lieutenant. He served briefly in the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column before being posted to the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, still in the 2nd Division.

He received his first wound (in the buttocks) on the 7th of May 1917 at Bullecourt, which kept him out of action for about a month. He was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1917, and wounded for the second time (in the face) on 6 November 1917. After time recovering in England, he returned to duty in February 1918. He returned to Australia in 1919.

After two more years of overseas service, he was finally discharged from the war, and lived on until 1985 to be 88 years old.

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