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Reginald Ernest FORWOOD

Place of birthMile End, South Australia
SchoolSt Peter's College, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
AddressHenley Beach, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Walter H Forwood, Henley Beach, South Australia
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name27th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 25 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 1), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.Parents: Walter Weech and Harriet Ann FORWOOD, Henley Beach, South Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

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