Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Reed, Percy Edward

Born 1898 Hobart Tasmania the son of Walter and Rosetta Reed (nee Johnson) a pastry cook assistant he embarked Melbourne on board “HMAT Warilda” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action 6^th April 1917 at Boursies in France and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.

REED. -Percy Edward, Private, 12th Battalion, A.I.F., youngest surviving son of Walter Reed, of Austin's Ferry, and the late Rosetta Reed, aged 19 years. Killed in action in France between 6th and 10th April, 1917. He died for King and Country.

A FALLEN SOLDIER'S PROPERTY In the Practice Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Crisp, the decision of His Honor was sought in the matter of the estate of Percy Edward Reed, a Tasmanian soldier, who had lived at Claremont, but who has been killed in action at the front. He died intestate, and the question arose as to whether he took a vested interest under the will of his grandfather Benjamin Thomas Johnson, or not. If he took a vested interest, the same would go to his next-of-kin his father, a blacksmith, at Claremont; and, if not, the property involved would go to the deceased's brothers and sisters. Mr. Gilbert Johnstone appeared for the administrator, the public trustee, and the next-of-kin, and Mr. Louis Dobson for the brothers and sisters of the deceased, and a highly technical argument took place on the legal position, none of the decided cases dealing with circumstances on all fours with this one. His Honor reserved his decision. The Mercury 5^th March 1918

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