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REED, Mark Nelson
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 676 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Mundoora, South Australia, 22 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Mundoora, Barunga West, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mundoora Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 25 November 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Heilly Station Cemetery |
| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :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 | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 676, 7th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :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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"THE LATE PRIVATE M. N. REED.
Miss Reed, of Mitchellville, has been notified that her brother, Private M. N. Reed, was killed in action on November 25. Private M. N. Reed was 24 years of age. He enlisted from Mitchellville in March, 1915, and went to the front in the following May in the 27th Battalion. He served for some month on Gallipoli, and later went to France. Another brother, Private N. Reed, is serving with the Light Horse in Egypt." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 30 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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