REED, Mark Nelson
| Other Name: | Reed, Mark - Birth Records |
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| Service Number: | 676 |
| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Mundoora, South Australia, Australia, 22 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mitchellville, Franklin Harbour, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mundoora Public School, South Australia, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, 38th Casualty Clearing Station, Heilly Station, France, 25 November 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VI. Row C. Grave 11. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Men from Franklin Harbour WW1 Roll of Honour, Cowell Mitchellville Honour Roll, Cowell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 676, Depot Battalion (AIF), Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for M.E.F Gallipoli per H.M.T. "Unknown" | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Gallipoli, Turkey H.M.S. "Patridge" | |
| 10 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt -- Gallipoli Evacuation ex H.M.T. "Minnewaska" | |
| 16 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Themistocles" | |
| 21 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 10 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 6th Australian Field Ambulance -- Pharyngitis -- Rue Marle, France | |
| 12 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, T.O.S. from 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Mouquet Farm | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Battle of Flers | |
| 16 Nov 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Wounded In Action -- S.W. Head, Right Side and Back -- | |
| 18 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Admitted -- 1st ANZAC Main Dressing Station -- S.W. Head, Right Side and Back -- France | |
| 18 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Transferred -- Admitted -- 38th Casualty Clearing Station -- G.S.W. Multiple -- Heilly Station, France | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, Died of Wounds -- 38th Casualty Clearing Station -- G.S.W. Multiple, Septicemia -- Heilly Station, France | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 676 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cowell RSL
Mark was the fourth of six children born to Francis and Harriet Reed (nee Chapman) and of the six children three were boys and three were girls. Mark’s older siblings were Thomas, Frances and Newton and his younger sisters Rose and Lily were twins.
After leaving school at Mundoora, Mark travelled to Franklin Harbour with his brothers where they took up farming in the district. The brothers soon became well known and respected in and around Cowell with Mark described as having a quiet disposition and popular with all the residents in and around Cowell.
Mark Reed enlisted at Keswick Barracks, South Australia on 2 March 1915. He was allotted to C Company 27th Battalion and after weeks of intensive training, route marches, farewell parades in front of enthusiastic crowds, the Battalion which became known as “Unley’s Own” embarked on the HMAT Geelong on 31 May 1915.
After further training in Egypt, Battalion landed at Gallipoli in September and remained there until the evacuation in December.
Upon their return to Egypt the re-consolidation and "Doubling of the AIF" took place and many 27th Battalion men and reinforcements were posted to a range of other units as the new organisation took shape, and new drafts of reinforcements arrived. In France, Private Reed remained with the 27th except for two days he spent in 6th Field Ambulance ill with Pharyngitis.
On 15 August Private Mark Reed transferred to 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery with whom he remained until he was severely wounded in the head, right side and back by shrapnel on 16 November 1916 around the area of Flers and Gueudecourt, France. He was transported to the 38th Casualty Clearing Station for treatment but died there on 25 November 1916.
Private Reid was buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. II, at Mericourt-L'Abbe, France.
Fortunately, Mark’s brother Newton survived the war. He returned to Cowell and lived there until he died on 4 February 1967, aged 77 years. He was buried in Cowell Cemetery.
References (see links to the side)
National Archives Australia
SA Red Cross Information Bureau
Trove - National Library Australia
Virtual War Memorial Australia
WW1 Full Biographies – Cowell RSL folder. Stocker, B.
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