Reginald James BEVAN

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Service Number:	1881
Enlisted:	5 July 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Builth Wells, Wales, 1893
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Llanddewi School, Builth Wells, Wales
Occupation:	Porter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 24 October 1915
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial, Row B, Grave 16 Chaplain W.C. Smith officiated Headstone inscription reads: Peace perfect peace wit loved ones far away, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1881, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1881, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1881, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane

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Arrived iin Australia aged 17 years.

Residential address was c/- the YMCA, Brisbane, QLD he had previously lived at Bellevue Hills, NSW

Son of James and Agnes Bevan of Aberhoyne House, LLangynder, Crikhowell, Breconshire, Wales

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Wales Borderers for about 2 years