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REA, William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 967 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1915, An original member of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | South Grafton, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 14 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Primary School Great War Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 967, 19th Infantry Battalion, An original member of C Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 967, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 967, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William’s younger brother, 1730 Pte. Oswald Ivan Rea, 19th Battalion AIF was later killed in action 15 April 1917, aged 19.
Another two brothers served in the AIF. They were the sons of John George and Jessie Alexandria Rea, of South Grafton, New South Wales.
As an original of the 19th Battalion William served on Gallipoli from August 1915 until the evacuation. William, known as ‘Bill’, was attached to the Lewis gunners of the 19th Battalion in France and was killed in a shell hole by a large piece of shrapnel near Flers. He has no known grave.