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Esmond Howard REID

Regimental number7066
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationWarehouseman
AddressGrosvenor Street, Neutral Bay, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height6' 0.25"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinFather, M V Reid, Grosvenor Street, Neutral Bay, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 September 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 25 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 9 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row U, Grave No. 25), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
70
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Valentine and Jane REID, 'Kuia Whare', Grassmere Road, Neutral Bay, North Sydney, New South Wales. Native of North Carlton, Melbourne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 25 November 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 29 January 1917; marched into 4th Training Bn, Codford, 30 January 1917, and reverted to Permaent Grade.

Appointed EDP Corporal from 12 February 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 13 March 1917; taken on strength, 13th Bn, in the field, 18 March 1917, and reverted to Permanent Grade.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 30 May 1917.

Wounded in action, Belgium, 9 July 1917 (gun shot wounds, head, chest, and arms; burns to left knee and right thigh).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSee 800 Esmond Howard REID for first period of service (ANMEF).
SourcesNAA: B2455, REID Esmond Howard

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