CONDUIT, Reginald Arthur
Service Numbers: | V514258, VX150199 |
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Enlisted: | 15 October 1943 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, 17 September 1925 |
Home Town: | Warracknabeal, Yarriambiack, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 March 2006, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
15 Oct 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V514258, 19th Australian Infantry Training Battalion | |
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1 Dec 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX150199, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
2 Dec 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX150199, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
11 Dec 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX150199, 15th Infantry Battalion, ex Brisbane to Tarokina per Cape Victory | |
2 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX150199, 15th Infantry Battalion, emplaned Bougainville to Lae | |
4 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX150199, 15th Infantry Battalion, ex Lae to Brisbane per Kanimbla | |
25 Nov 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX150199, 15 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Reg was the second of three children of Arthur Conduit (b1896 in Ararat, Victoria) and Margaret (Madge) Maloney (b1896 in Beulah, Victoria). Arthur - a Carter - and Madge married in 1920 in Warracknabeal where they settled and raised their family. Arthur worked as a Carter and Driver.
Reg was a Labourer in October 1943 when he enlisted in the ACMF. He served (Private; Service No:V514258) with 19th and 23rd Infantry Training Battalions and was Discharged on 1 December 1944. The next day he re-enlisted with the Australian Army, and served (Private; Service No:VX150199) with 15th Infantry Battalion in Bougainville (25 November 1944 - 4 October 1945). Reg was Discharged in November 1946.
Reg was in Melbourne in 1947 when he married Eileen Ellen Flynn (b@1926). The couple settled in Melbourne where Reg worked as an Assistant and Eileen as a Telephonist. Reg died in 2005.