Reginald Thomas APPLEBEE

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APPLEBEE, Reginald Thomas

Service Number:	NX142844
Enlisted:	29 November 1942
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Australian Motor Transport Workshops (2nd AIF)
Born:	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 15 August 1920
Home Town:	Gunnedah, Gunnedah, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Apprentice Mechanic
Died:	Injuries, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 18 August 1945, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Ambon Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gunnedah Cenotaph, Gunnedah Remembrance Grove

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Corporal, NX142844
29 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, NX142844
28 Mar 1945:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 1st Australian Motor Transport Workshops (2nd AIF)

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Biography contributed by Mari Walker

Corporal Reginald Applebee was the son of Clarence AJ and Martha Applebee. He was an Apprentice Motor Mechanic, enlisting on 29 November 1942, and served in Australia with the 2/118 Brigade Workshops. Cpl Applebee saw service in Australia and was sent to New Guinea in August 1943. He returned to Australia with appendicitis at the end of April 1945 and returned to Moratai at the end of June 1945. On 26 July 1945 he sustained severe injuries which necessitated part of his right leg being amputated, but he sadly died of his injuries on 18 August 1945.

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