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REED, Clair William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 954 |
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Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Kerang, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Toongabbie, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Rosedale, Wellington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | School Teacher |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 29, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 954, Enlisted at Kerang, Victoria | |
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19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 954, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: Name incorrectly spelt on original record as "William Claive Reed". | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 954, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth name registered as William Clair Reed registration number 8266
Son of John William Reed and Ellen Reed nee Cairns of Rosedale, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal