REID, Francis Walter
| Service Number: | 82 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Hutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Secretary (Hobart Gas Company) |
| Died: | Died of wounds (gassed), 8th General Hospital, Rouen, France, 24 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Officers Section, Plot B, Row 2, Grave No. 27 |
| Memorials: | Hobart Gas Company, Hobart Roll of Honour, Longford Christ Church Roll of Honour, Lower Sandy Bay Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 82, Army Pay Corps (AIF) | |
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| 24 Aug 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 82, Army Pay Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: RMS Morea embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Aug 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 82, Army Pay Corps (AIF), RMS Morea, Brisbane | |
| 6 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 54th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 29 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion, Officers Cadet College, UK | |
| 17 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 82, 54th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Gassed at Villers-Bretonneux. Evacuated to 8th General Hospital at Rouen, where he later died of his wounds on 24 April 1918. | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Born 1877 Hobart Tasmania the son of Alexander and Blance Alice Reid (nee Goldsmith) and living with his wife at 60 St Georges Terrace Battery Point Tasmania a Secretary he embarked Brisbane 24th August 1915 on board “HMAT Morea” with the Army Pay Corps and the rank of Sergeant.
Lieutenant Reid was serving with the 54th Battalion when he died 24th April 1918 at the 8th General Hospital France from gas poisoning and was buried in the St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.
"News was received at Hobart on Saturday that Lieut. Frank Reid had died from effects of gas at the front. Lieut. Reid who was secretary of the Hobart Gas Company and a son of Mr. Alex Reid (formerly Under-Treasurer) left Hobart in the early stages of the war with the pay unit. Leaving that branch of the service the deceased officer obtained his commission. Last week his brother Mr. E. A Rcid received a cable to the effect that Lieut. Reid had been gassed, but was progressing favourably and the sad news of his decease came rather as a shock to his relatives and friends of whom he had a great number in Tasmania."
The Examiner 29th April 1918
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
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