REED, Benjamin
| Service Number: | 408 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 4 October 1880 |
| Home Town: | Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Employee |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 19 June 1945, aged 64 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot: O/-/312 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 408, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 408, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 408, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Benjamin Reed enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father W. Reed, Francis Street. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 74, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. E. Reed, Francis Street, Bulimba.
Benjamin Reed was born on 4 Oct 1880 in Queensland, a son to William Reed and Evelyn Penelope Reed (nee Thrutchley). He married Mary Jane Wise (nee Marshall) on 25 May 1929 in Queensland. When he passed in 1945 they were living at Boundary Street, Tingalpa, and he was a retired Tramway Dept. employee.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p.502; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks, Bk 3 p. 74).
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