WYATT, Reginald
| Service Number: | 1174 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 4 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Andersons Creek, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 20 March 1957, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Melaleuca - Tenure expired |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1174, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1174, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1174, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses A38 | |
| 1 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 15 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 15 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 1174, 6th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Accidently wounded whilst attending a Stokes Mortar Demonstration in Varennes France. | |
| 24 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1174, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Accidently wounded while attending a Stokes Mortar Demonstration | |
| 21 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, TSgt 9/6/1917 | |
| 1 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Training Battalion | |
| 9 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1174, On board the Berrima bound for Australia. | |
| 11 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robyn Bury
Reginald enlisted as a 20 year old Driver from Warracknabeal. He served for 2 years in the Citzen Military Forces, Warracknabeal and was still serving at time of AIF enlistment with the 21st Battalion on the 6th April 1915. Embarking from Australia on the 8th May 1915 on board HMAT Ulysses (A38) he was promoted to Corporal on the 25th September 1915.
The 21st battalion was transferred to Gallipoli in late August 1915 but the battalion’s transport, HMT Southland, was torpedoed by a German submarine near the island of Lemnos and had to be beached with the loss of 40 men. The battalion finally landed at Anzac Cove on the 7th September. It had a relatively quiet time at Gallipoli, as the last major Allied offensives had been defeated in August.
Transferred to a Trench Mortar Battery on the 15th April 1916 he was accidently wounded three months later on the 24th July 1916 whilst attending a Stokes Mortar demonstration and hospitalised for six weeks. In January 1917 he was admitted to the Field Ambulance Unit with VD and transferred back to Base General Hospital at Etaples for 52 days.
He was promoted to Temporary Sergeant on the 1st June 1917 and appears to have been transferred to the 6th Engineering Battalion. He returned to Australia on the 2nd January 1919 and discharged on the 11th April 1919.
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