Reginald John PONT

PONT, Reginald John

Service Number: 5080
Enlisted: 21 January 1916
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 16 May 1888
Home Town: Morpeth, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Iron worker
Died: very old age, 91!, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 4 March 1980, aged 91 years
Cemetery: Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW
METHODIST 4-2A. 66.
Memorials: Morpeth Public School Honor Roll, Morpeth War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5080, 20th Infantry Battalion
5 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 5080, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
5 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5080, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
10 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion
27 Sep 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
23 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5080, 1st Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", GSW shoulder and wrist
19 Sep 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion
28 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5080, 1st Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
 
Served and suffered during The Great War, mow resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

42 years ago today, on the 5th March 1980, Corporal Reginald John Pont, 1st Battalion (Reg No-5080), iron moulder (Messrs. D Sim & Sons, Morpeth, N.S.W.) from Maitland, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 91! METHODIST 4-2A. 66.

Born at East Maitland, New South Wales on the 16th May 1888 to John and Mary Pont of Tank Street, Morpeth, New South Wales; husband of Wilhelmina Pearl Pont nee Watson (married 1919, Morpeth, N.S.W., died 1962, sleeping here), Reg enlisted January 1916 with the 20th Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.

Admitted to hospital 25.3.1917 (myalgia), 15.4.1918 (dermatitis), 2.5.1918 (trench fever), 12.2.1919 (influenza).

Wounded in action - 23.8.1918 (GSW shoulder and wrist).

Reg returned home July 1919, being discharged on the 28th August 1919.

Mr. Pont’s name has been inscribed on the Morpeth Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 26th November 1921, 61 names originally inscribed, 12 Fallen, 71 names now inscribed - WW1 & WW2, 23 Fallen) and the Morpeth Public School Honor Roll.

There is no indication inscribed on Reg’s headstone plaque of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.

Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

Lest We Forget.

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