REID  J.C.

Given Names:  John Clifford

               

Service Number:  1655

Unit:  37th Battalion, 1st reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  22 Yrs  5 Mths

Occupation:  Fireman (Victorian Railways)                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  5½ In                  

Weight:  122 Lbs

Chest:  32-34 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/3/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Jane Reid

Bell Street, Preston, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  27/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ascanius A11

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Soudan  

Embarked:  12/5/1919                               

Disembarked:  29/6/1919

Unit:  7th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  6/10/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  45738

Victory Medal:  44951

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1893

Place:  Bylands/Kilmore, Victoria              

Father:  James REID                               

Mother:  Jane COULSON

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Esther May JOHNSON

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 13/7/1960                          

Place: Footscray, Victoria                        

Burial:  Footscray Cemetery, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 4/10/1917; gun shot wound, head

Wounded in action 8/9/1918; gassed

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

Address was changed to72 Edgevale Road, Kew

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

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