Participant Info

Surname

Reid

First Name

William

Initial

A

Service Number

5440

Rank

sergeant

Unit Served

5th Battalion

Service Record

France

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

January 11

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

Apr-14

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 45, image page 46

Also Known As

Spousal

Catherine Reid

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Rebecca and Charles Brockway

Parental Address

Holmwood Street, Newtown

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Granville, educated New Zealand and St. Peters' Public School, carrier, enlisted December 1915, embarked April 14, 1916. War service: France (wounded Bullecourt, September 27, 1916), returned to duty, severely gassed Villers-Bretonneux, April 24,