LINDSAY, Reginald Graham
| Service Number: | 11867 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
| Born: | Creswick, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Creswick, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Creswick State School, Creswick Grammar School, Creswick School of Forestry, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Forester |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 31 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie VI Q 9, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beechworth Forest Service of Victoria Roll of Honour, Creswick 'Unknown' Pictorial Honour Roll, Creswick Honor Roll, Creswick School Pictorial Roll of Honour, Creswick Victorian School of Forestry Roll of Honour, Creswick War Memorial, North Creswick State School No 2041 Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Gunner, 11867, 14th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11867, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 11867, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 31 Dec 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 11867, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 11867 awm_unit: 22nd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-12-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Robert and Jane LINDSAY of Victoria Street Creswick, Vic.
Gnr Reginald Graham Lindsay, killed in action, was a son of Mrs Lindsay, of Cambridge street, Creswick, and of the late Dr R. C. Lindsay. He enlisted in July, 1915, and became attached to the artillery. He sailed for Egypt on the 2nd January of the following year. After being three weeks in Egypt, he was one of the men picked to fill gaps in the Anzac's Army, and was sent to France. He fought for nine months on the Somme without a spell, and lost his life on the 31st December, 1916. The deceased was 28 years of age; and was educated at the Creswick State school, and later at the Creswick Grammar School. For a number of years he was in the State Forestry Department, being one of the first five students at the School of Forestry, who were gazetted as officers in the department. He was a fine sport, and had been a prominent playing member of the Creswick Football Club and the Creswick Basket Ball Club.
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