Hugh Murray Reid
Born 21 Mar 1904 - Died 1964
- Service number
- 34866 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Hugh Murray AWMM
- Surname
- Reid AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- 34866 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 21 Mar 1904 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM 311 Thames Street, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Winifred J. Reid (wife), 311 Thames Street, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- 34866 AWMM
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Cross and bar (MC*) AWMM
25 Jan 1943 AWMM
The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Reid, Hugh Murray. (Ref. WO 373/23/294). Bar to Military Cross. AWMM - Military Cross and bar (MC*) AWMM
05 Nov 1942 AWMM
Citation New Zealand Gazette September 1946 page 1144. "Born in Auckland 21 March 1904. He was a civil engineer. He was officer commanding 6 Field Company June to July 1942. Officer commanding 8 Field Company August to December 1942; He attended the Air ministry December 1943 to February 1944. He was twice wounded; wounded and prisoner of war 16 December 1942; released in Tripoli 23 January 1943. New Zealand Engineers." The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Reid, Hugh Murray. (Ref. WO 373/23/294). Military Cross. AWMM - War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Military Cross and bar (MC*) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Civil Engineer/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations
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- WW2 Temporary Captain AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Lt-Col H. M. Reid, MC and bar, m.i.d.; Christchurch; born Auckland, 21 Mar 1904; civil engineer; OC 6 Fd Coy Jun-Aug 1942, 8 Fd Coy Aug-Dec 1942; CO Forestry Group (UK) Jul-Oct 1943; attached Air Ministry Dec 1943-Feb 1944; twice wounded; wounded and p.w. 16 Dec 1942; released Tripoli, 23 Jan 1943. (Source: Borman, C.A. Divisional Signals. p.320.)
'When the honours and awards for the Battle of Alamein were announced, included therein was a bar to Major Murray Reid's Military Cross and an MC to Major Skinner and to Lieutenant R. M. Page.' (Source: Cody, J.F. New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. p. 374.)
'Headquarters 4 Brigade's area was under intermittent fire during the day but Major Reid's party, safely ensconced in their deep trenches, had only one man lightly wounded until about 4 p. m., when twelve tanks with lorried infantry were seen approaching from the west. The brigade defence platoon and everybody else in the vicinity stopped the enemy infantry, the tanks veered off and began to roll up the New Zealand infantry and an armoured car came straight at the sappers, the occupants throwing hand grenades into trenches as it came.
To quote part of a citation that resulted in an award of an MC, ‘Major Reid came forward by himself, threw back two Italian hand grenades which he had found in the area, and the armoured car moved away.’' (Source: Cody, J.F. New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. p. 301.) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1964 AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
Sources Used - Auckland Star, 2 October 1942, p.2
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19421002.2.15
Further Reference - Auckland Star, 2 October 1942, p.2
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19421002.2.15
Further Reference - 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.' (London Gazette, 25 January 1943, p.525.). Bar to Military Cross.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35879/supplements/525
Further Reference - 'The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East.' (London Gazette, 5 November 1942, p.4796.). Military Cross.
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35771/supplements/4796
Further Reference - The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Reid, Hugh Murray. (Ref. WO 373/23/294). Bar to Military Cross.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7360502
Further Reference - The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Reid, Hugh Murray. (Ref. WO 373/23/294). Military Cross.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D7360502
Further Reference - New Zealand Herald, 9 February 1943, p.4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19430209.2.46
Further Reference - Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-19Ba.html
Further Reference
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
- References
- New Zealand Gazette
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 3: WW2 396 - Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
pp.203, 222, 224, 227–30, 281, 282, 283, 294, 295, 300–2, 311n, 345, 348, 353, 354, 359, 360, 361, 367, 368, 371, 374, 379, 419, 478. - Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
p.235. - Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
p.286 - Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
p.286. - Scoullar, J. L. (1955). Battle for Egypt : the summer of 1942. Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch, Wellington, N.Z.
pp.241, 247, 269, 270, 294, 295. - Stevens, W.G. (1962). Bardia to Enfidaville. Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch, Wellington, N.Z.
pp.48, 57. - Walker, R. (1967). Alam Halfa and Alamein. Dept. of Internal Affairs, Historical Publications Branch, Wellington, N.Z.
p.338. - Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
p.320.
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