MUSGROVE, Reginald Hainsworth
| Service Number: | 825 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1915, Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Balranald, New South Wales, Australia, January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School |
| Occupation: | Enginner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 9 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula I C 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 825, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 825, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 825, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Walter R. and Minnie Musgrove, of Church St., Lidcombe, New South Wales
A GOOD YOUNG LIFE NOBLY ENDED
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Reginald Hainsworth MUSGROVE was born at Balranald about January 1897. He enlisted in the AIF in January 1915 at Liverpool. He gave his calling as ‘Engineer’ and stated that he had been apprenticed at the Railway Department, Eveleigh, for three years. The 1916 Annual Report in recording his death on active service describes him as an apprentice fitter.
He left Australia through Sydney on 23rd June 1915 on HMAT ‘Ceramic’ as part of the 1st Reinforcements for the 12th Light Horse Regiment but transferred to the 6th Light Horse on 2nd October 1915.
He was transported to Gallipoli soon after, as dismounted infantry. He died there on 9th November. He is buried at Shell Green Cemetery, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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