Roy Robert REID

REID, Roy Robert

Service Numbers: Q5905, QX54648
Enlisted: 6 September 1940, Abercorn, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 5 Motor Regiment
Born: Milton, Queensland, 24 April 1920
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Cane cutter/Station hand
Died: Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 26 May 1974, aged 54 years
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Ashes spread on the water at Jumpinpin Bar, where he loved to fish.
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World War 2 Service

6 Sep 1940: Enlisted Private, Q5905, Abercorn, Queensland
21 Mar 1941: Involvement Q5905, also QX54648
5 Jul 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54648, 5 Motor Regiment
5 Jul 1943: Transferred Trooper, 5 Motor Regiment, to 2ndAIF
9 Aug 1943: Embarked Trooper, QX54648, 5 Motor Regiment, ss Katoomba, Townsville (for Port Moresby)
22 Jan 1944: Wounded Trooper, QX54648, 5 Motor Regiment, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, GSW (right upper arm and right forearm)
27 Oct 1944: Discharged Trooper, QX54648, 5 Motor Regiment, m/u
27 Oct 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX54648, 5 Motor Regiment

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