Reginald Roy VIANT

VIANT, Reginald Roy

    Service Number: 586
    Enlisted: 8 January 1916, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 36th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 1895
    Home Town: Lake Cargelligo, Lachlan, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia, 16 March 1974, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Lake Cargelligo Cemetery, New South Wales
    Anglican area, Row A, Grave 26
    Memorials: Lake Cargelligo War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 586, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    13 May 1916: Involvement Private, 586, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
    13 May 1916: Embarked Private, 586, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
    8 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 586, 36th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the left arm
    12 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 586, 36th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Severe shrapnel wound to the jaw. Embarked for England on 14 October 1917 aboard HS St. Andrew
    9 Apr 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 586, 36th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of John Thomas Joshua Viant and Lilian Alexandra Viant of Hassan Walls Road, Lithgow, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 10 January 1918 aboard HT Corinthic disembarked on 3 March 1918 at Melbourne the transhipped to Sydney aboard HT Port Darwin

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1919c Reginald married Grace H. Budd in NSW

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