MASTERS, Reginald William
Service Number: | 2437 |
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Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Guildford, Western Australia, October 1897 |
Home Town: | Guildford, Swan, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Guildford Public School, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Apprentice Fitter |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 August 1918 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bellevue Roll of Honor, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Guildford St. Matthew's Anglican Church Men Who Laid Down Their Lives Honour Roll, Guildford War Memorial, Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial, Mundaring War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2437, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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30 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2437, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
30 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2437, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
28 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
10 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2437, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the arm and shoulder | |
26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 2437, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Wounded 2nd occasion - gassed | |
4 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 43rd Infantry Battalion | |
26 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2437, 43rd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2437 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Charles Henry and Harriet Masters of York Road, Greenmont, WA. Brother of Leslie Ronald Masters who was killed in action on 26 January 1918 while serving with the 11th Battalion and was buried in the Messines Ridge Britsh Cemetery. Plot 1, Row A, Grave 5
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served in the Cadets and Citizen Military Forces