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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, Victoria Roman Catholic Section |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 15 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX72242 | |
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| 13 May 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (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 (WW2) , Signaller, Headquarters Northern Territory Force, March into 51st Wirless Section for duty | |
| 9 Jan 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Headquarters Northern Territory Force | |
| 3 Oct 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Land HQ Intelligence Corps, Posted to Central Bureau Brisbane For duty | |
| 27 Nov 1943: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, Land HQ Intelligence Corps | |
| 6 Jan 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Sergeant, HQ Special Wireless Group, Detached to No1 Wirless Section RAAF Port Moresby for duty | |
| 22 Feb 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, HQ Special Wireless Group | |
| 1 Oct 1944: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, HQ Special Wireless Group, Posted to No3 Wirless Section RAAF Brisbane for duty | |
| 25 Jan 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (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 (WW2) , Lieutenant, Land HQ Intelligence Corps, Promoted to Lieutenant Central Bureau AIC Brisbane | |
| 7 Jul 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (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 (WW2) , Lieutenant, VX72242 |
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