REID, Marcus Dill
| Service Number: | 4523 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 September 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Burwood Public School,New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 13 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 17, Menin Gate Memorial, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4523, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4523, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4523, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
| 4 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 1st Battalion to the 13th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 13 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 4523, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4523 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Mary Reid of Clyde Swilly, East Hills, NSW; brother of William Smith Reid who returned to Australia on 19 January 1917 having served with the 1st Pioneer Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Mary Reid of Clyde Swilly, East Hills, NSW; brother of William Smith Reid who returned to Australia on 19 January 1917 having served with the 1st Pioneer Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His younger brother, 308 Cpl. John Dill Reid also of the 13th Battalion was killed in action at Gallipoli on the 26 April 1915, aged 21.
Sydney Morning Herald, 22 August 1917. "Mr. John Reid, of East Hills, has received a cable message stating that his youngest son, Private Marcus Dill Reid, has been killed in France by shell fire. An elder brother, Corporal John Dill Reid, took part in the landing at Gallipoli, and was killed at Quinn’s Post. The latest news of another brother, Private William Smith Reid, is that he is still in hospital."
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