Herbert (Bert) REED

Herbert (Bert) REED Update Details

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Service Numbers:	1408, 1418
Enlisted:	10 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	53rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, July 1890
Home Town:	Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 12 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial

10 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1408, Liverpool, New South Wales
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1408, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1408, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
3 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1418, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1418, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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The three sons of Wilfred Sidney Reed of leichhardt, New South Wales;

1418 Pte Herbert Reed Killed in Action in France on 12 Aug 1916