REEVE, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | 2005 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hastings, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St Mary in the Castle, Hastings, Sussex, England |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2005, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2005, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2005, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2005, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bullet wounds to the shoulder and arm | |
| 20 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2005, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed in action (German artillery) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Eliza Reeve of 22 Ledlescombe Road, St Leonards-on-Sea; brother of Florence B. Reeve of 34 Fairlight Road, Sussex, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1888 Reeve Albert Edward Hastings 2b 31.
‘H’ Company, 1st Infantry Battalion, (1 to 8 Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force
He was 28 and the son of the late John and Eliza Reeve, of 22, Sedlescombe Rd., St. Leonards-on-Sea, England.
Wounded at the Dardanelles on August 6th 1915. In hospital in Cairo.
Next of kin: Sister, Florence Reeve, 34 Fairlight Road, Sussex, England
Enlistment date 12 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll 14 January 1915
Age at embarkation 26
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/18/2
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
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