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Francis Silvester Reid

Commemorated at
Given name
F C (Francis Silvester)
Family name
Reid
Service number
NX56637
Additional information
Gender
M
Rank (legacy)
Sapper
Unit at embarkation
2/12 Field Company RAE
Service (legacy)
Army
Conflicts
World War 2
Fate
DOA
Veteran Notes/Bio

 

1.Listed Bygone Queanbeyan as "Frank C. KIA (Bungendore) and Bungendore War Memorial Hall ROH as "F.C. KIA" . Listed Collinson “Final List".

2. DVA Nominal Roll: DATE/POB17.07.1914/Bungendore;DATE/POE:05.07.1940/ Paddington NSW;LOCALITY ON ENLISTMENT;Leichardt NSW;NOK: Harriet Reid;DISCHARGE DATE /UNIT:22.01.1942/2/12 Field Coy.(Accidental Death in Malaya)

3.AWM ROH pdf file lists NX66637 as Francis Sylvester - details supilied by H.Reid (wife).NAA file Open and confirms these details. File note on NAA indicates that Ambrose Joseph Reid of Bungendore was the Executer of Francis Sylvester's Will.

4.Commemorated on the Leichhardt NSW Memotrial.Commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.

5.None of the "F.C's" on the DVA Nominal Roll indicate an obvious Bungendore connection.

6. Initials on the Bungendore Memorial are considered to be incorrect.

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