REID, Hugh Clyde
| Service Number: | 169 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Unley, South Australia, July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Fullarton, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Black Forest Highgate Congregational Church Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 169, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 169, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 169, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 169, 8th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW right leg | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 169, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne | |
| 13 Mar 1919: | Honoured Military Medal, "The Last Hundred Days", Throughout the operations commencing with the advance from VILLERS-BRETONNEUX, the attack on PERONNE and the recent operations against the HINDENBERG LINE, this N.C.O. has consistently assisted in the success of our operations by his continued devotion to duty and supreme contempt for danger. The example he has set at all times, even though under most adverse circumstances, has no doubt inspired his men to greater efforts. |
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Hugh Clyde Reid was born in Unley (a suburb of Adelaide) in 1891 and attended Adelaide High School, where he appears on the Honour Board. He trained as an engineer in civilian life. Reid enlisted into the 32nd Battalion in June 1915 and sailed with them to Egypt In Egypt he was transferred to the 8th Machine Gun Company, which in 1918 was absorbed into the 5th Machine Gun Battalion. He was slightly wounded at Fromelles in July 1916, but his promise was soon noted. He was quickly promoted to Corporal and then Lance Sergeant before being sent away to office school in 1917. However, he returned to the 5th Machine Bun Battalion as an NCO in early 1918 and distinguished himself throughout the battles which marked the advance from Amiens in August. For this stellar service he was awarded the Military Medal in early 1919, and soon afterwards returned to Australia.