CHARD, Reginald Donacliffe
| Service Number: | 9842 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 April 1916, Rosebery Park, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Superior Public School, Armidale, NSW |
| Occupation: | Licenced Surveyor |
| Died: | Illness, Sydney, 20 August 1946 |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Armidale Memorial Fountain |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 9842, 9th Field Company Engineers, Rosebery Park, Sydney | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 9842, 9th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 9842, 9th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ajana, Sydney | |
| 14 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion | |
| 11 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 9842, 1st Pioneer Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Reginald Donacliffe CHARD was born in Armidale, New South Wales in 1886
His parents were John Sofala CHARD & Annie MARKHAM who married in St Peters Cathedral, Armidale on 1st November, 1881
He enlisted in Rosebery Park, Sydney on 3rd April, 1916 & embarked with the 9th Field Company Engineers on the ship HMAT Ajana on 5th July, 1916
He was transferred to the 1st Pioneers Battalion on 14th July, 1918 and returned to Australia on the ship "Port Darwin' on 12th June 1919 and was discharged on 11th September, 1919
Reginald died suddenly on 20th August, 1946, late of "Clifton" Carabella St, Kirribilli, Sydney and was cremated at the Northern Suburbs Crematorium in North Ryde - his name is memorialised on the WW1Honour Roll in St Matthews Anglican Church in Manly, Sydney
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His brother Clifford Markham CHARD (SN 10166) also served during WW1 and returned to Australia
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