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Herbert John Reid

Private H. J. Reid, Otago Infantry Battalion, wounded. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 1 July 1915 p039. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19150701-39-47. No known Copyright.

Private H. J. Reid, Otago Infantry Battalion, wounded. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Wee …

Identity

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    Herbert John AWMM
  • Surname
    Reid AWMM
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    WWI 8/1320 AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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    Unknown AWMM 2 Fea Street, Dalmore, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
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    J. Reid (father), Fea Street, Dalmore, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 December 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

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  • War
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    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    WWI 8/1320 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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    WW1 Unknown AWMM OtagoNew Zealand AWMM
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    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Drowned AWMM

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  • Herbert Reid was the son of Mrs. T. Marsh (formerly Reid), of 125, Albert St., Windsor, Melbourne, Australia.

    One of twenty nine crew and 182 troops lost on the torpedoed Marquette 23 October 1915

    The Marquette was a British Merchant ship of 7,057 tons. It sank when a torpedo launched from a submarine hit it 36 miles south of Salonica Bay. Twenty nine crew and 182 troops were lost. Ten of those who died were New Zealand nurses who had been working at No.1 New Zealand Stationary Hospital in Port Said in October 1915 when they were ordered to prepare to go to Lemnos. The hospital was to be set up there to care for casualties being brought back from the Dardanelles. The Transport Ship Marquette took on board officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps, 36 New Zealand Army Nursing Staff, 610 officers and men of 29th Divisional Ammunition Column , 541 mules and some ammunition in mid October sailed for Salonika. The French torpedo destroyer Tirailleur joined the convoy on 22 October which gave credence to the idea that there was a real danger of being attacked by German submarines in the Mediterranean. The torpedo destroyer left the convoy on 22 October and at 9.15 am on 23 October the Marquette was hit by a torpedo on the starboard side and began to list. Within about 15 minutes she had sunk. Nurses lost their lives in the evacuation as lifeboats tipped over as they were lowered into the sea, some boats falling on others, with some being left on the ship and going down with her. AWMM
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Death

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    23 October 1915 AWMM
    Aegean Sea AWMM
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    Mikra Memorial, Greece AWMM

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