David Raymond REYNOLDS

REYNOLDS, David Raymond

Service Numbers: SX20341, S57380
Enlisted: 14 July 1942, Wayville, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kadina, South Australia, 27 April 1918
Home Town: Kadina, Copper Coast, South Australia
Schooling: Kadina Public School, South Australia
Occupation: Whyalla steelworker
Died: Died of wounds, Papua New Guinea, 18 January 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Plot: A6. F. 9.
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kadina Jerusalem Uniting Church WW2 Roll of Honour, Kadina Town Hall WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

14 Jul 1942: Enlisted Private, SX20341, Wayville, South Australia
14 Jul 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX20341, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
15 Jul 1942: Involvement S57380
18 Jan 1943: Involvement Private, SX20341, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Buna / Gona / Sanananda "The Battle of the Beachheads" - Papua
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography

Pte. David R Reynolds 2/10th Batt. AIF aged 24. Only son of Mr and Mrs T N W Reynolds of Jerusalem Kadina. Educated at Kadina Public School. Member of Rechabite Lodge. Happy disposition loved by all. As a boy was regular attendant of Methodist Church and Sunday School. Interested in cricket and a member of the Whyalla Rifle Club. In civil life he was employed by the Broken Hill Pty Ltd Coy at Whyalla. Enlisted in 2nd AIF on 14 July 1942 and left Kadina on final leave on 12th December 1942. He died of wounds received at Sanananda, New Guinea on January 18th 1943 and was buried at Soputa.

Information supplied from The Personal Pictorial Honor Roll of South Australians who have enlisted in the Second World War.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas Newton Warn Reynolds and Margaret Roma Reynolds, of Kadina, South Australia.

HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED