REID, Clifford Albert
| Service Number: | 8388 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Kensington, South Australia, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Traveller |
| Died: | 15 June 1985, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Weeping Rose, Rose Bed N26, Position 12 |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
Biography contributed by Modbury High School
Born in Kensington, South Australia, Clifford Albert Reid enlisted in the war on the 15th of September 1915. Although he gave his age as 22 he was probably only 18, as shown by his age at death. On the 24th of November 1915, he embarked on the HMAT Botanist from Melbourne to be a driver in World War I. He was assigned as a driver in the 6th Field Artillery Brigade. His service number was 8388, and he went on to become Lieutenant Clifford Albert Reid. When he enlisted in the war, he was 5”11.5 tall, 140 lbs with a fresh complexion, green eyes and light brown hair.
After arriving in England in late 1916 Reid was posted to officer training school and emerged in February 1917 as a 2nd Lieutenant. He served briefly in the 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column before being posted to the 4th Field Artillery Brigade, still in the 2nd Division.
He received his first wound (in the buttocks) on the 7th of May 1917 at Bullecourt, which kept him out of action for about a month. He was promoted to Lieutenant in August 1917, and wounded for the second time (in the face) on 6 November 1917. After time recovering in England, he returned to duty in February 1918. He returned to Australia in 1919.
After two more years of overseas service, he was finally discharged from the war, and lived on until 1985 to be 88 years old.