Reuben Woodward PERSHOUSE

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PERSHOUSE, Reuben Woodward

Service Number:	1914
Enlisted:	16 June 1915, Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gladstone, Queensland, Australia., 27 July 1887
Home Town:	Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Baffle Creek, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Teamster & Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1914, 26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1914, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1914, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Reuben Woodward PERSHOUSE was born in Gladstone, Queensland on 27th July, 1887

His parents were Alfred Hubert PERSHOUSE & Sarah Ann WOODWARD

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His brother Alfred Charles PERSHOUSE (SN 2925) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919 (4th Pioneer Battalion)

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