REARDON, Peter William
| Service Number: | 6561 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdon, 1877 |
| Home Town: | Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clay Maker |
| Died: | Auburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6561, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6561, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6561, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 23 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6561, 3rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Peter William Reardon was born in 1877 at Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, a son to James and Mary Jane Reardon. He married Margaret Matilda Hudson in 1903 at Sydney and they raised 3 children wjile living at Auburn, NSW.
He served twice in the South African (Boer) War and again in WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 314 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 621 in the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Third service was as a Private S.N. 6561 in the 2rd Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485 & 518; National Archives Australia WW1 service record).