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REIDY, Henry Edmund
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX72242 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Land Headquarters South West Pacific Area (SWPA) |
| Born: | Rochester, Victoria, Australia, 26 November 1911 |
| Home Town: | Elwood, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Matriculation Certificate |
| Occupation: | School Teacher Radio Writer |
| Died: | Natural Causes , 17 September 1980, aged 68 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton Roman Catholic Section |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, VX72242 | |
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| 13 May 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, Land HQ Intelligence Corps, Posted to No5 Special Wireless Group G Branch on 28th May 1942 | |
| 20 Sep 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Signaller, Headquarters Northern Territory Force, March into 51st Wirless Section for duty | |
| 9 Jan 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Headquarters Northern Territory Force | |
| 3 Oct 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, Land HQ Intelligence Corps, Posted to Central Bureau Brisbane For duty | |
| 27 Nov 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, Land HQ Intelligence Corps | |
| 6 Jan 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, HQ Special Wireless Group, Detached to No1 Wirless Section RAAF Port Moresby for duty | |
| 22 Feb 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, HQ Special Wireless Group | |
| 1 Oct 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, HQ Special Wireless Group, Posted to No3 Wirless Section RAAF Brisbane for duty | |
| 25 Jan 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, HQ Special Wireless Group, Discharged Brisbane on appointment in the 2nd AIF with the rank of Lieutenant posted to Central Bureau AIC for duty | |
| 25 Jan 1945: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Land HQ Intelligence Corps, Promoted to Lieutenant Central Bureau AIC Brisbane | |
| 7 Jul 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, Land Headquarters South West Pacific Area (SWPA), Detached to Central Bureau Manila Phillipines for duty till 30th July 1945 | |
| 5 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, VX72242 |
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