Lyle William John REYNOLDS

REYNOLDS, Lyle William John

Service Number: SX2371
Enlisted: 16 April 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park
Born: Mylor, South Australia, 3 June 1917
Home Town: Crafers, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling: Crafers Primary School, South Australia
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Adelaide, South Australia, 5 November 1988, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, South Australian Garden of Remembrance
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World War 2 Service

16 Apr 1940: Involvement Private, SX2371, 8th Division Ammunition Sub-Park, Malaya/Singapore
16 Apr 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, South Australia
16 Apr 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2371
29 Jan 1946: Discharged

Family Service to the Defence Force

Lyle REYNOLDS was my grandfather and would now be over 100 years old if alive today. Besides his brother Clyde who was killed at the fall of Singapore his other brothers John and Noel also served. Remarkably their father John Bennett REYNOLDS also served in WW1 and WW2. His oldest son Trevor John REYNOLDS also completed National Service. Two of Lyle's great grandsons, Trevor's grandsons Daniel and Matthew have both served in Afghanistan campaigns also, spanning 5 generations of Service to the ADF.

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Biography

Lyle served in the 8th Division and was captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore. His brother Clyde also in Singapore attached to Rotal Navy was killed. A POW at Changi thereafter, Lyle survived and returned to South Australia to his wife Kathleen. They had three children, Trevor, Neil, Jennifer and many grandchildren.