Regimental number | 2645 |
Place of birth | Maryborough Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Cordalba, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Albert Reiman, Cordalba, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 2645A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 49th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Albert Road Memorial), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 149 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Albert and Rose REIMAN, the Range, Cordalba, Queensland. Native of Maryborough, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3468 Driver Herbert REIMAN, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 July 1919. |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal When, after the war, graves from the Albert Road Cemetery were concentrated in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, no remains were found in the grave of either [182 Captain] R.V. Atkinson or 2645 Pte E. REIMAN, 49th Bn. The two memorial crosses originally installed were removed and replaced by a large memorial cross in the Dernancourt Cemetery, with the inscription: 'To the memory of this Dominion Officer [and man killed in action April 1918 and buried at the time in Albert Road Cemetery, which was partically destroyed by the enemy, August, 1918. Their glory shall not be blotted out.' |