George Henry REED MM

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Service Number:	3398
Enlisted:	26 July 1915, Warwick Farm, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bombala, NSW, 12 August 1894
Home Town:	Craigie, Bombala, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Telegraph Operator
Died:	Sydney, NSW, 4 July 1966, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

26 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Warwick Farm, NSW
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3398, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3398, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
2 Aug 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1

Pte. Reed was captured and taken prisoner at Laventie, France on 20 Jul 1916 - He escaped to Holland on 04 Apr 1918 with 2568 Pte. Percy Goude Cooke (/explore/people/218623) and a British soldier of the Scots Guard named Osborne (probably 5860 Pte. John Osborne, 1st Battalion Scots Guards (discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk)). He was later awarded a Military Medal for his part in the daring escape.

George Reed and his co-escapee, Percy Cooke, died within 4 months of each other in 1966