Reginald VANDENBERGH

VANDENBERGH, Reginald

Service Number: 236
Enlisted: 1 January 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Second Corporal
Last Unit: 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy
Born: Robertson, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Menangle, Wollondilly, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fireman
Died: Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 1967, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: The New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood, New South Wales
Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Picton and District Roll of Honor, Robertson Honour Roll & Memorial Stone
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World War 1 Service

1 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 236, Railway Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Feb 1917: Involvement 236, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917: Embarked 236, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
18 Dec 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Second Corporal, 236, 6th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Coy, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to chornic nephritis

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of William Vandenbergh and Mary Louisa Vandenbergh of Robertson, NSW. Brother of Charles William Vandenbergh who returned to Australia on 1 June 1918  having served with the 5th Divisional Ammunition Column and and Alfred Vandenbergh who returned to Australia on 23 August 1919 having served with the 14 Field Artillery Brigade

Husband of Elsie Florence Vandenbergh, Menangle Street, Picton, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Gaika disembarking on 5 July 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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