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Albert Nelson REID

Regimental number3399
Place of birthMillthorpe, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationConfectioner
AddressChurch Street, Millthorpe, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5'5.75"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinFather, R P Reid, Church Street, Millthorpe, New South Wales
Previous military serviceRifle Club Millthorpe 12 months
Enlistment date1 August 1915
Place of enlistmentWarwick Farm, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 14 January 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Helen REID
Discharge date29 August 1917
Other details

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Kanowna', 14 January 1917; disembarked Sydney; discharged (medically unfit), Sydney, 29 August 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death9 May 1931
Age at death37
Place of burialMillthorpe Cemetery, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, REID Albert Nelson

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