REEVE, William Herbert
| Service Number: | 3255 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Walkerville, 12 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 April 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, Kurralta Park Employees of the Adelaide Electric Supply Company Limited Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Walkerville St Andrew's Anglican Church WW1 Memorial Plaque, Walkerville St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3255, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3255, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide | |
| 15 Aug 1916: | Enlisted |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc.
Herb Reeve was in Egypt for a month and was amongst the first to travel to France, arriving on 27 March 1916 at Marseilles, aboard the HT Oriana. On 23 April he was taken on strength into 27 th Battalion but on 7 May he beset with the mumps and transferred to the 7 th General Hospital St. Omer and the admitted to hospital on 18 May at Boulogne. He was declared unfit and discharged to Base Depot.
On 30 June he was admitted to the 26 th General Hospital, Etaples with ‘Orchitis’ (inflammation of the testicles associated with mumps) which develops into ‘Hydrocele’ (swelling of the scrotum and groin) and is transferred to the hospital ship Brighton travelling from Calais to England. On 2 July he was admitted to Chatham Military Hospital and then Harefield Hospital Weymouth.
On 16 November 1916 he was well enough to rejoin his unit and proceeded from Folkestone to Etaples in France. He rejoined his unit on 26 December 1916. On 2 February 1917 he was attached temporarily to the 108 th Tunnelling Coy, Royal Engineers before returning to the 27 th on 21 March. He was killed in action on 26 April 1917 at Ypres, Belgium.
Herb was employed by the Adelaide Electric Supply Company for four years. For many years he was in the choir at St Andrew’s Church, Walkerville and was also a bellringer. He received his education at St Andrew’s school. He was a member of the Rechabite Lodge and was always popular among his friends. (Chronicle 26/5/1917 p40)
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