Frederick Charles REID

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REID, Frederick Charles

Service Number:	743
Enlisted:	29 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Alberton, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Good Samaritans' School, Gawler
Occupation:	Iron Worker
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 743, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 743, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 743, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 743 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-25

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Biography

"THE LATE LANCE-CORPORAL REID

Lance-Corporal F. C. Reid, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Reid, of Torrens-road, Alberton, and was 21 years of age. He was educated at the Good Samaritans' School, Gawler. At the time of his enlistment he was in the employ of Messrs. J. Shearer & Sons, Kilkenny." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 26 Jun 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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