REARDON, Joseph Percy
| Service Number: | 3898 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Violet Town, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Violet Town, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Violet Town State School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Effects of gas while at Front, Yarrawonga, 1927 |
| Cemetery: |
Violet Town Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Euroa Telegraph Park, Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW1 Roll of Honour, Violet Town Honour Roll WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 3898, 4th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 3898, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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REARDON Joseph Percy 3898 GNR
14th Field Artillery Battery
1896-1927
Joseph Percy (Percy) was born in Violet Town He was the fourth and last of the sons of Patrick and Annie Reardon to go to the war. He was working as a clerk when he enlisted on 15 August 1917, aged 21. Three months later in November he embarked on HMAT Nestor, disembarking at Southampton in January 1918.
He had been initially posted to the 4th Light Horse Regiment but on 18 March he was taken on strength of the Australian Artillery Details as a Gunner. On 22 April he departed for France where he joined the 5th Division Artillery; the following month he was transferred to the 14th Field artillery Battery.
On 29 May in action near Hamel Percy fractured his left fibula, an accidental injury for which he was transferred to the Norfolk War Hospital at Norwich. On 18 July he was transferred to the No 1 Command Depot. In September he was granted 14 days leave, returning to the Depot.
The following February Percy boarded the Orca for return to Australia. He arrived in Melbourne at the end of March and was discharged on 30 April.
Due to being gassed while at the front Percy was unable to earn a living and applied for a War Pension. His health deteriorated and he died in the Yarrawonga hospital on 24 November 1927.
He is buried in a family plot at Violet Town Cemetery.
Service Medals: British War Medal Victory Medal.
Memorials: Main Honour Board, Memorial Hall, Violet Town
Copper Plaque affixed to exterior wall, Memorial Hall, Violet Town
Tree No 63, an Acer negundo - Box Elder - was planted in 1917 by C Croxford.
In 2013 it was still standing and was tended by Frank Reardon.
© 2016 Sheila Burnell
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