Reginald Arthur CONDUIT

CONDUIT, Reginald Arthur

Service Numbers: V514258, VX150199
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
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World War 2 Service

15 Oct 1943: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V514258, 19th Australian Infantry Training Battalion
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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Biography 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.

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