REID, Harold Joseph
| Service Number: | 8003 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Brigade Train |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Brown Hill State School No 35 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 8003, 18th Australian Army Service Corps | |
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| 5 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8003, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8003, 8th Infantry Brigade Train, HMAT Bakara, Melbourne | |
| 8 Apr 1919: | Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 8003 | |
| 15 Aug 1919: | Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Driver, 8003 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Neil Leckie
Harold Joseph Reid was born in Ballarat and was a 22-year-old single Labourer when he enlisted in Ballarat on 8 July 1915. He had no previous military experience and commenced his service on 14 July. Except from a week’s detachment with the 8th Brigade Group Reinforcement Camp Harold served with 18 Coy AASC for the duration of his active service. Driver Reid embarked for RTA on the Hospital Ship Devanha on 8 May 1919 returning to Melbourne on 23 June where he was discharged from the AIF on 15 August 1919 on his TPE. In 1915 the Troopship Devanha had landed troops at Gallipoli before being converted into a hospital ship.
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