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Reginald Cyril LOADER was the son of William Henry LOADER & Margaret Ellen PRICE and was born on the 28th of February 1899 in Young, NSW.

His father was born on the 7th of April 1878 in Young, NSW and was the son of James William LOADER & Sarah Jane SMITH.

His mother was born in 1882 in Marengo, NSW and was the daughter of William PRICE & Elizabeth Ellen DRISCOLL.

William & Margaret were married on the 26th of April 1898 in Young, NSW.

Reginald was the eldest child born into this family of 12 children, 7 boys & 5 girls.

His father was a farmer and in 1913 they were living at the Burrangong Claim.

In May 1915 Reginald was fined 3/ for costs as he had failed to attend military drill in Young.

He had been working 13 miles from Young at the time, doing grubbing and general farm work and had no way of getting to drill practice.

At the age of 19, Reginald enlisted into the AIF on the 15th of April 1918 in Young, NSW and was allotted the service number 56995 and posted to the 1st Infantry Battalion, D Company, in Liverpool Camp. On the 7th of June he was posted to the 3rd General Service Reinforcement for the Australian Light Horse.

In May, the residence of Burrangong held a social to farewell Reginald and wish him luck.

Reginald embarked from Sydney on board HMAT Wiltshire on the 10th of June 1918, disembarking in Seuz on the 17th of July and marched into Moascar Camp.

On the 10th of September he marched out to the Machine Gun Training Squadron.

He was allotted to the 1st Australian Machine Gun Squadron, who were located in Wadi Hamman, Palestine, on the 13th of October. He was taken on strength 6 days later and they began to make their way down to Rishon le Zion.

Reginald was admitted to hospital in Rishon le Zion on the 15th of November suffering from Malaria. He was then transferred to the 24th Stationary Hospital in Kantara, Egypt and then admitted to the 14th Australian General Hospital in Abbassia on the 27th.

Reginald remained in hospital 4 weeks, including Christmas Day, and was then discharged to the rest camp at Pt Said on the 27th of December.

He was then posted back to the Machine Gun Training Squadron in Moascar on the 8th of January 1919.He finally rejoined his Squadron in Rafa, Palestine on the 6th of February.

They then moved to Kantara, Egypt by April and then onto Abu-Kebir.

Reginald embarked from Kantara for Australia on board HT Orari on the 15th of May 1919, disembarking in Sydney on the 4th of July.

Reginald was discharged from the AIF on the 19th of July 1919.

By 1933 Reginald was living in Dalganally Estate, Kurrajong, NSW and was a laborer and then he moved to Yass Street, Young by 1937.

Reginald married Hilder Mary TAYLOR in June 1938 in St Mary’s Church, Young. Hilder was the only daughter of Mr Taylor of Bathurst.

They made their first home in Sydney after welcomed their only child; Patricia Ann, on the 25th of October 1940.

In 1943 they were living at 4 Hobbs Street in Lewisham and then in 1954 they moved to Gowrie Street, Newton.

Their daughter Patricia married Barry John LIVERMORE on the 11th of February 1956 in St Peters, NSW.

By 1969 Reginald & Hilder had moved to 21 Lackey Street, St Peters and then a few years later they had moved to Stanley Flat, near Clare, SA.

Reginald died on the 28th of April 1976 in Stanley Flat and was buried in the Clare Cemetery; Plot NE73.