REIS, Robert Vincent
| Service Numbers: | 1298, 4176 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Carthage's Convent School, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Loco Fireman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 4 December 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea. Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blakebrook Public School Great War Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1298, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1298, 20th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1298, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 30 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 1298, 4th Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Penetrating bullet wound of the chest. Removed to the hospital ship 'Dongala' where he died of his wounds on 4th December 1915. He was buried at sea | |
| 4 Dec 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 4176, 4th Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4176 awm_unit: 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1915-12-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Robert Vincent REIS (‘Bob’) (Service Number 4176) was born in Lismore on 25th October 1891. His father had emigrated from Switzerland in 1853 and his mother’s father arrived in Australia from Denmark the same year. Bob was educated at St Carthage’s Convent School in Lismore. He joined the NSW Government Railways at Bathurst in 1910 as a cleaner, first step on the career path of an engineman. He was promoted to fireman in 1912. In 1913 he transferred to Eveleigh. In March 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF at Liverpool.
He was allotted initially to the 20th Battalion. He embarked from Sydney in June 1915 and landed in Egypt in July. He was transferred to the 4th Field Company of Engineers in August. In September 1915 he was sent to Gallipoli.
He suffered a penetrating bullet wound of the chest in the fighting there on 30th November 1915.
He was removed to the Hospital Ship ‘Dongala’' He died on 4th December 1915 and was buried at sea. He is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial.
A war pension was granted to his widowed mother.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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