Frank (Bill Bowyang) REID

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REID, Frank

Other Name:	Vennard, Alexander Vindex - Birth Name
Service Number:	87
Enlisted:	8 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Vindex station, near Winton, Queensland, Australia, 11 July 1884
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bowen and Brisbane Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Journalist, Newspaper Editor, Novelist, Short story writer, Soldier
Died:	Heart disease , Bowen, Quensland, Australia, 16 February 1947, aged 62 years
Cemetery:	Bowen General Cemetery, Qld Monumental Section 1 07.17.04, Grave 1850
Memorials:	Bowen Boys State School Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

8 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 87, 18th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 87, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
30 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 87, 3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps

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Biography contributed by Lyn Burke

He was born Alexander Vindex Vennard on 11.7.1884 at Vindex Station, Winton to Joseph & Jane (Sutherland).
He attended Bowen Boys School.
He became a journalist in Bowen & Proserpine before becoming the editor of The Port Denison Times. He married Isabel Emily Nicol in Proserpine on 13.10.1910. Enlisted on 5.4.1915 in Liverpool, N.S.W.
Joined the 18th Battalion on Gallipoli on 15.8.1915, later being posted to the 3rd Battalion Camel Corp. After suffering numerous bouts of malaria he was posted to the A.I.F. Headquarters in Cairo, where he established & edited the official A.I.F. Magazine Kia-Ora Cooee. Also writing for the Cairo Evening Mail.
Discharged in Sydney on 3.5.1919. From 1921 - 1946 he was a journalist for the North Queensland Register & Townsville Bulletin. He also wrote novels, short stories & poetry, using pen names Bill Bowyang, Frank Reid, Island Exile, Island Trader, Wirraroo, Fossicker &Maurice Dean.
His sons enlisted in WW2, James Alexander Vennard, NX21434 (Rat of Tobruk) & Keith Lindsey Vennard QX27878.
He passed away from heart disease on 16.2.1947 & was buried in Bowen Cemetery, old monument section, grave 1850.

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