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REID, John Thomas

Service Numbers:	22, S907
Enlisted:	28 July 1940, Wayville, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Machine Gun Company
Born:	Berwick On Tweed, Scotland, United Kingdom, 9 September 1891
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Died of gangrene following amputation, Australia, 28 September 1941, aged 50 years
Cemetery:	West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 8S, Site No: 21
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 22, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 22, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 22, 3rd Machine Gun Company

World War 2 Service

28 Jul 1940:	Enlisted S907
28 Jul 1940:	Involvement S907
28 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Wayville, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 105 General Hospital Australian Army Medical Corps
Date unknown:	Involvement
Date unknown:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Lance Corporal
Date unknown:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Australian Army Medical Corps

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as war dead on 8th February 2011.