REID J.R.

Given Names:  James Raymond

Service Number:  21852

Unit:  Engineering Field Companies, general reinforcements                                              

Rank:  Sapper 

Paybook Number:  509914

Age:  18 Yrs  1 Mth

Occupation:  Clerk                                                                                                         

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6 In                     

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  31-33 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/5/1917

Place:  South Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Jane Reid

Post Office, Box Hill, Victoria                                                                                            

Embarkation Date:  22/3/1918

Port:  Sydney  

Ship:  HMAT Runic A54

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Bakara  

Embarked:  24/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  27/9/1919

Unit:  3rd Divisional Signal Company

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  20/10/1919                     

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  72991

Victory Medal:  69383

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1899

Place:  Ballarat/Clunes, Victoria               

Father:  James REID                               

Mother:  Jane COULSON

MARRIAGE

Year:  1925     

Place:             

Spouse: Edith Emily SMITH

DEATH

Date or Year: 10/2/1956                          

Place: Williamstown, Victoria                   

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

COMMENTS

Address was changed to72 Edgevale Road, Kew

FURTHER INFORMATION