REIMAN, Ernest
| Service Numbers: | 2645, 2645A |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1915, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Cordalba, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dernancourt, Picardie, France, 5 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Isis North State School Great War Honour Board, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial), Cordalba War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2645, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2645, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2645, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2645A, 49th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2645A awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Albert and Rose REIMAN, the Range, Cordalba, Queensland
When, after the war, graves from the Albert Road Cemetery were concentrated in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, no remains were found in the grave of either [182 Captain] R.V. Atkinson or 2645 Pte E. REIMAN, 49th Bn. The two memorial crosses originally installed were removed and replaced by a large memorial cross in the Dernancourt Cemetery, with the inscription: 'To the memory of this Dominion Officer [and man killed in action April 1918 and buried at the time in Albert Road Cemetery, which was partically destroyed by the enemy, August, 1918. Their glory shall not be blotted out.'
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