Robert Kalvin Jeffrey REID

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REID, Robert Kalvin Jeffrey

Service Number:	380
Enlisted:	18 August 1914
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Born:	Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1894
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Cerebral Haemorrage and arteriosclerosis, Alphlngton, Victoria, Australia, 16 June 1944, aged 50 years
Cemetery:	Coburg Pine Ridge Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Church of England Section - CO-COE*P, Grave 340
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World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 380, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 380, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: Attached from Australian Medical Corps
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 380, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
26 Jun 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, 380, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
13 Aug 2015:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Birth details

Name: Robt Jeffray Reid
Birth Date: Abt 1894
Birth Place: Port Melbourne, Victoria
Registration Year: 1894
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Chas Kelvin Reid
Mother: Emily Robinson
Registration Number: 14793

Death details

Name: Robt Kelvin Jaffrey Reid
Birth Year: abt 1894
Age: 48
Death Place: Heidelberg, Victoria
Father's Name: Chas Kelvin Reid
Mother's Name: Emily Robinson
Registration Year: 1942
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 5992

Biography contributed by Heather Jenkins

After his discharge, Bob was employed as a packer, then worked in sales and at the time of his death was a caretaker.

In 1920 he was elected vice-president of the Fitzroy branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League, and it appears that he was later elected President.

He was also one of the founding members of the Victorian Gallipoli Legion of Anzacs, being President of this organisation at the time of his death.

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