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Hugh James REED

Regimental number85
Date of birth15 April 1892
Place of birthBurraga, New South Wales
True NameREID, Hugh James
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressWolgan Street, Portland, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 10.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Nora Watts, Wolgan Street, Portland, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Senior Cadets; 6 weeks in the 2nd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date17 September 1914
Place of enlistmentTownsville, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit name15th Battalion, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 October 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date15 February 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Suevic', 8 October 1915; discharged (medically unfit, wounded: gun shot wound, scapula and clavicle), Brisbane, 15 February 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death26 September 1955
Age at death63
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (Sec. R.C.9, 2103), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, REED Hugh James

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