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Reginald Herbert DUKE

Regimental number1096
Place of birthBanyena, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor mechanic
AddressEdward Street, Wagga, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinArthur O Duke Chenish Hill, Livingston Gully, Wagga, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularElder brother to Arthur Frederick Duke killed at sea.
FateKilled in Action 26 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death26 May 1915
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 1), Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
28
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur Osmond and Eleanor Jane DUKE, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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