Mark Nelson REED

REED, Mark Nelson

    Other Name: Reed, Mark - Birth Records
    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
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 676, Depot Battalion (AIF), Keswick, South Australia
    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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    Biography

    "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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