UNDERWOOD, Reginald
| Service Number: | 670 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Middlesex, England, 7 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1958, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremation service held on 6 October 1958 with cremated remains being scattered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 670, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 670, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Sydney Edward Underwood and Catherine Underwood nee Hughes of 'Outerfield', New Norfolk, Tasmania.
18 September 1914 - Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA. 16th Battalion, rank of Private.
28 April 1915 - wound to the abdomen and right thigh. Transferred to England on 16 May 1915.
18 March 1916 - transferred to the 24th Howitzer Brigade.
19 April 1916 - transferred to the 4th Divisional Ammuniton Column at Serapeum
Commenced return to Australia on 14 September 1918 from Toranto on transport duty aboard HT Devon disembarking on 24 November 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
23 February 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal