REEDMAN, Arthur Sydney
| Service Number: | 12754 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 January 1916, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Gilberton, Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Walkerville Public School |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery I G 68 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12754, 11th Field Ambulance, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 31 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 12754, 11th Field Ambulance, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 12754, 11th Field Ambulance, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Reedman. Native of Walkerville, South Australia.
AND THEY SHALL BE MINE SAID THE LORD WHEN I GATHER UP MY JEWELS
No. 12754, Private A. S. REEDMAN, of the 11th Field Ambulance, who was killed in action in France on October 17, was the youngest son of Mr. E. G. Reedman, Queen-street, Walkerville. He was educated at Walkerville Public School, and became well known on the cricket and football fields in the district in which he lived. He served his time as a motor-smith with Messrs. F. Hack & Co., and remained with the firm until he enlisted about 18 months ago. He left for England on May 31, 1916.
Biography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc.
Reedman enlisted in September 1915 but was discharged the following month on the grounds of being medically unfit for service. He tried to enlist again in January 1916 and was accepted, being allotted to the Australian Army Medical Corps. He marched with his unit into France in November 1916 and served through 1917, before being killed when his unit was supporting the men fighting around Broodseinde Ridge. He was killed when carrying a wounded soldier on a stretcher. A shell burst under the stretcher, killing four others.
Arthur joined his brother John, cousins Sidney and Leslie Reedman and cousins Fred and Albert Whitehead in the A.I.F to serve in France. Prior to enlistment all three families lived between 40 – 47 Gilbert Street Gilberton.
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