Alexander REID

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Service Number:	366
Enlisted:	11 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Inverness, Scotland, 1872
Home Town:	Huntly, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 December 1916
Cemetery:	Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row D, Grave No. 4,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Huntly Memorial Hall Honor Roll

11 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 366, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
20 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 366, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 366, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
20 Dec 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 366, 38th Infantry Battalion, GSW to abdomen (penetrating) when accidentally shot by a sentry in the front lines at Houplines. Evacuated to 2nd ACCS at Steenwerck however there died of his wounds on 28 December 1916.

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Pte 366 Alexander Reid sustained a GSW to abdomen (penetrating) when he was accidentally shot by a sentry in the front lines at Houplines.

He was evacuated to 2nd ACCS located at Steenwerck however there died of his wounds on 28 December 1916.