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William George REYNOLDS

Regimental number1354
Place of birthWondong Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith's striker
Address144 Goderich Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Reynolds, 144 Goderich Street, East Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A13 Katuna on 24 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDeceased 2 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row A, Grave No. 3), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Ethel REYNOLDS, 125 Gladstone Road, Wimbledon, London, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: 94 Pte Hedley Mortimer REYNOLDS, 11th Bn, returned to Australia, 29 September 1919.

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