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ANNESLEY, Reginald Roy
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1296 |
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Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Katoomba, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | St Canice Primary School Katoomba |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, Egypt, 19 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery Row A, Grave 3 Rev. W. McKenzie officiated, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1296, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 1296, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 1296, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David and Mary Annesley of Warrego Street, Katoomba, NSW
He was a member of the Katoomba Rifle Reserves and was a well known local amateur boxer and one of the first to enlist from the Mountains.