| Regimental number | 5448 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales |
| School | Glebe State Public School, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Other training | Student at Hawkesbury Agricultural College, New South Wales |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Address | Goolmangar via Lismore, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 31 |
| Height | 5' 6.75" |
| Weight | 144 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, R Reilly, Goolmangar via Lismore, New South Wales |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Lismore, New South Wales |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 26th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/43/4 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A50 Itonus on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 26th Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Age at death | 33 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
| Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XII, Row C, Grave No. 2), Fouilloy, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 108 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert Young and Sarah Ann (nee Wheeler) REILLY |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Brisbane, 8 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 October 1916, and marched into 7th Training Bn, Rollestone, and reverted to Private. Proceeded overseas to France, 13 December 1916; taken on strength, 26th Bn, in the field, 19 December 1916. Promoted Corporal, 13 March 1917. Wounded in action, 28 April 1918 (gun shot wound, left thigh), and admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 45th Casualty Clearing Station; to 9th General Hospital, Rouen, 3 May 1917; to England, 13 May 1917, and admitted to Red Cross Hospital, 14 May 1917 (wound: slight); discharged to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 22 June 1917; transferred to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 26 June 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 28 November 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, Belgium, 4 December 1917. Detached to Divisional Bomb School, 23 December 1917; rejoined Bn, 29 December 1917. Killed in action, 8 August 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, REILLY Guthrie Wilberforce |
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