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EGAN, Reginald James
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX11337 |
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Enlisted: | 18 February 1941, Wayville, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/7th Field Regiment |
Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia, 27 December 1917 |
Home Town: | Kalangadoo, Wattle Range, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Natural causes, Tantanoola, South Australia, 28 June 2002, aged 84 years |
Cemetery: |
Tantanoola Cemetery, S.A. Section: M; Plot: 170S. Also (DVA) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Wall 15/Row H. |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
18 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Private, SX11337, Wayville, South Australia | |
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18 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11337 | |
19 Feb 1941: | Involvement Private, SX11337 | |
24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Gunner, SX11337, 2nd/7th Field Regiment | |
24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX11337 |
Personal Stories
Reg sent a Christmas card 1941
I have a Christmas card sent in 1941 by Reginald J Egan to Mr and Mrs John Dignan ( My grandparents) of Kalangadoo- Wepar. Was sent from "abroad" inside are "flowers from the Holy Land" as per the card details with . Will attach photos.
Reg and my father ( Desmond Osborne) were friends and involved WW11 together
Submitted 25 June 2021 by Rosemary Downing
Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Son of Arthur EGAN & Annetta Matilda (nee Blackall) EGAN.