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Reginald BODLEY

Regimental number4993
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPiano tuner
Address18 Evandale Road, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emily Eliza Daniel, 18 Evandale Road, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 3 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAIF Headquarters
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularLeft Australia as a Sergeant and retained that rank until 1916, when he relinquished it on the grounds of ill health and reverted to the rank of Private. Accidentally drowned in France.
FateDied of disease 30 December 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Date of death30 December 1918
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 8), Surrey, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Emily E. BODLEY (Now Daniel), "Harborne", Ewat Street, Malvern, Victoria, and the late Lawrence BODLEY. Native of South Yarra, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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