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REECE, Herbert Llewellyn
Personal Details
Service Number: | 165 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
Born: | Wales, 1864 |
Home Town: | Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Sanna's Post, South Africa, 31 March 1900 |
Cemetery: |
Sannaspos Military Cemetery, South Africa |
Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 165, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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13 Jan 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Transport ship Maori King | |
31 Mar 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 165, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Battle of Sanna's Post |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Private H. L. Reece was in the 1st Contingent of the Queensland Mounted Infantry, he departed for South Africa on transport, the 'Maori King', on the 13 January 1900. He was killed in action at Bloemfontein Sanna's Post on 31 March 1900