MEDHURST, Reginald John
| Service Number: | 3424 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penshurst, Kent. England, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Popanyinning, Cuballing, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 21 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Grave Ref: O. VIII. O. 1. INSCRIPTION REST IN THE LORD , St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3424, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3424, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
11th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Births Sep 1891 Medhurst Reginald John Sevenoaks 2a 668
He was 25 and the son of Ebenezer and Georgina Maud Medhurst, (née Jenner) of Wellerstown, Chiddingstone, Kent, England.
Reginald had been a member of the bell ringing team at the parish church of St. Mary’s Chiddingstone, Kent, before emigrating to Australia. He is on the Great War Roll of Honour there. He enlisted in the Australian army at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia on 11 August 1915, at which time he stated that he was employed as a Farm hand, and that his address for correspondence was PO, Popanyinning, Western Australia. After completing his basic training, Reginald embarked in a reinforcement draft of the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board 13 H.M.A.T. Ulysses (A38) on 2nd November 1915. On 2 March 1917, he was badly wounded by shrapnel and was initially treated for his injuries at the 1st Australian Field Ambulance. Due to the severity of his wounds, he was taken to the 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, and then on to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Rouen, where he succumbed to his wounds on 21 March 1917.
He is on the Roll of Honour in St Mary the Virgin Church, Chiddingstone Road, Chiddingstone, Kent, TH8 7AH, England [photo]
He is also on the War Memorial in St John the Baptist Church at Penshurst, together with Gunner Victor Henry Pitfield, Service Number 3425- [consecutive service number] of the 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, 8th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, who died of wounds 3rd October 1918. They almost certainly knew each other.
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/28/3
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 2 November 1915
Age at embarkation 24
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