HART, Reginald
| Service Number: | 4512 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Long Gully, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Violet Street State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Sauce maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Long Gully Methodist Church Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4512, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4512, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4512, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4512, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His older brother 5089 Pte. Bertie Raymond Hart 7th Battalion AIF was killed in action the day before on 18 August 1916, age 22. Neither of the boys has a known grave.
Bendigo Independent (Vic) 18 September 1916. PRIVATE R. HART.
Still another Long Gully lad has given his life for his country, viz. Pte. Reginald Hart, son of Mrs. H. Hart, of Casley Street Long Gully. Private Hart was only 18 years of age when killed on August 19. He went into camp last July 12 months prior to his 18th birthday. Previous to enlisting he was employed at Leggo's factory, where he worked for about 12 months. On January 28 he sailed with the 14th reinforcements to the 6th Battalion. He was educated at the Violet Street school and was a member or St. Matthew's Boys Guild. He has a brother named Bert also at the front. Much sympathy is 'felt for his mother, who is a widow, the father having died when the children were young.
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