Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 15/11/1915
- Date of Discharge
- 29/06/1920
- Place of Enlistment
- Sydney NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Yass NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Miller
- Next of Kin
- Robert Reid (father), Murrumburrah NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 9676
- Final Rank
- Corporal
- Final Unit
- 3 Division Australian Army Service Corps AIF
Notes
Thomas Reid was employed as a groom at the Royal Military College, Duntroon from 22 July 1912 until he enlisted in November 1915 in Sydney. He was born near Yass in about 1878, had previously served in the Boer War and gave his occupation as 'miller'. He arrived in France in February 1917 and at the front line in August 1917 with the Australian Army Service Corps. When he returned to Australia in July 1919 he was quarantined due to the influenza pandemic. Reid continued to serve in the Australian Army Service Corps until 29 June 1920 when he was discharged due to the reduction of establishment. Reid returned to the Canberra district and died on 1 October 1960, being buried in the ex-service's portion of Woden Cemetery.
Description - height 5 feet 10 inches, weight 148 pounds, chest 36-39 inches, grey eyes, brown hair, Catholic.
Sources
Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)