Reginald Ernest (Reg) HEARD

HEARD, Reginald Ernest

Service Number: NX26089
Enlisted: 4 June 1941
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born: Abinger, Surrey, England, 22 June 1912
Home Town: Auburn, Auburn, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carrier (later Taxi driver)
Died: Natural causes, Fairfield, NSW, Australia, 28 May 1988, aged 75 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

4 Jun 1941: Enlisted Private, NX26089, Paddington, New South Wales
4 Jun 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX26089
14 Nov 1945: Discharged Sapper, NX26089, 2nd/13th Field Company / Squadron RAE
14 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX26089

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Biography contributed by Barbara Krnos

Reginald Ernest Heard was the Great Grandson of William Ellis, who fought at the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Born in England, the son of William Heard and Daisy La Farre who brought the family to Australia in 1922 when Reg was 10 years old.  He had 6 brothers and one sister.

He Enlisted in 1941,as did his two brothers. They were all sappers in the 2/13 Field Engineers.  One of them (Fred) died at El Alamain.  He served in the Middle East and New Guinea. 

He qualified whilst in the army as a driver, and later in life became a taxi owner driver.  He remained single all his life.

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