UNGER, Reginald Leslie
| Service Number: | 1922 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Quarry Hill, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Violet Street State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1922, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1922, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1922, 38th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 27 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1922, 38th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW to throat sustained in the front line near Armentieres, France. Evacuated to UK. Rejoined unit 21 August 1917. | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1922, 38th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of the late Reginald and Amelia Unger.
PRIVATE R. L. (REG.) UNGER.
Information was received from the Defence department on Thursday by Miss E. Unger, of Hopper-street, Bendigo, stating that her brother, Private R. L. Unger, had been killed in action on 4th October in France. Private Unger enlisted about two years ago, and received training in the Bendigo and Broadmeadows Camps, being attached to the 38th Battalion. He was then transferred to Salisbury Plain. After brief instruction there he was sent to France, and had been there for a considerable time. He was wounded, and after recuperating was again sent to the trenches, and was there until reported killed. Private Unger was 23 years of age, and previous to enlistment was employcd at Messrs. Jones, Miller and Co.'s. He was a member of the Sandhurst Rowing Club. His sisters are Mrs. Churches, who resides at Bacchus Marsh, and Mrs. Biggs and Miss E. Unger, of Hopper-street, Bendigo.
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