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REID, Roy Robert
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Q5905, QX54648 |
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| 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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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 6 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Private, Q5905, Abercorn, Queensland | |
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| 21 Mar 1941: | Involvement Q5905, also QX54648 | |
| 5 Jul 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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 (Army WW2), Private, QX54648, 5 Motor Regiment |
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