PLANT, Reginald Arthur Nevelle
| Service Number: | 213 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1914, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Thornborough, North Queensland, Australia, 25 January 1884 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Overseer Sheep Station. |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland Australia, 24 December 1934, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 213, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane, Queensland. | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 20 Nov 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 213, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 213, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney | |
| 4 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 14 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 11 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Gunshot Wound to chest and side. | |
| 23 Jun 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Temporary Captain Vice. | |
| 11 Sep 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Honourable Captain. | |
| 22 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Honourable Captain. |
Reginald Arthur Neville Plant
At the outbreak of the First World War, he was an overseer of a sheep station outside of Cairns, Queensland.
Reginald Plant is an Anzac who served in World War One.
As did his two younger brothers, Reginald served in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. Harold, a medical officer, was killed in action. He was posted as a Trooper to the 5th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Light Horse Brigade; later earning promotions to Corporal and Sergeant and then a commission as a Lieutenant and later a Captain. The regiment embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A34 Persic on 21st December 1914. The 5th Light Horse landed at Gallipoli, without their horses, in late May 1915 and left the peninsula on 20th December 1915. Back in Egypt, the 2nd Light Horse Brigade became part of the ANZAC Mounted Division and in February 1916 joined the forces defending the Suez Canal from a Turkish advance across the Sinai Desert. The 5th Light Horse's main activity in the Sinai was long-range patrolling. The ANZAC Mounted Division advanced into Palestine in late December 1916. The 5th Light Horse was employed to assist in putting down the Egyptian revolt of early 1919. Reginald returned to Australia 11th November 1919.
He passed away, aged 53 years, in 1937 at Brisbane, Queensland, and is buried in the Brisbane General Cemetery, Toowong, Queensland
Submitted 25 June 2021 by Lynette Turner
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