Soldier profiles

Name : REID, GORDON MANLY
Service Number : VX14214
Date of Birth : 27/09/1906
Place of Birth : PRESTON, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : PAINTER
Date of Enlistment : 06/05/1940
Locality on Enlistment : CARRUM, VIC
Place of Enlistment : CAULFIELD, VIC
Next of Kin : REID, ETHEL
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 03/01/1941
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6209885 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll

Background :

Service & personal summary At enlistment : married. No previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 6.25 inches, blue eyes, medium complexion, brown hair. Marital status : married. Marks / scars : appendix scar. Full time war service : A.I.F. which included 243 days active service within Australia. Discharge certificate no. 17480.

Service record
06/05/1940 Taken on strength Recruit Reception Depot Caulfield, Victoria.
13/05/1940 Posted to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria from Recruit Reception Depot.
13/05/1940 Promoted to acting Corporal.
17/06/1940 Attending Cookery Course Southern Command Maribynong, Victoria 11/06/1940 to 27/06/1940.
05/07/1940 Reverted to rank of Private.
08/07/1940 Transferred to X list Absent Without Leave (AWOL).
13/08/1940 Struck off X list. Returned from Absent Without Leave.
15/08/1940 Transferred to X list. Detention Bendigo, Victoria.
27/08/1940 Off X list. Returned to unit from Detention.
27/08/1940 Transferred to 2/2 Pioneer Battalion by order of A.P.M.
05/09/1940 Admitted Puckapunyal 4 Australian General Hospital, Seymour, Victoria with influenza.
12/09/1940 Discharged to unit.
15/10/1940 Attached to administration headquarters Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria as cook and appointed Trade Group II.
03/01/1941 Transferred to 3 District Discharge Depot from 2/2 Pioneer Battalion Puckapunyal, Seymour, Victoria.
03/01/1941 Discharged Caulfield, Victoria being medically unfit for service not occasioned by his own default.