Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Reynolds, Hedley James

Born 1^st April 1896 Ulverstone Tasmania to James Kemp and Martha Reynolds (nee Alexander, a miner who departed Hobart 20^th October 1914 on board “HMAT Geelong” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He died from wounds received at Bapaume and was buried in the Bapaume Australian Cemetery, France

Word was received by Mr. and Mrs. James Reynolds, Penguin, on Thursday evening that their son Private Hedley Reynolds (whose 'having been wounded was reported a few days ago) had succumbed to his injuries. The sad news was received generally with much regret, the young soldier's career having been followed with much interest by local residents. He was, with his brother Corporal Henry Reynolds, almost the first to enlist for active service abroad and was the first man to land on Gallipoli on May 25, 1915. Without a day's rest or illness or wound, he fought right through that campaign, and then on to France, where he was again in the thick of it without respite, until the fatal wounding. He died the day after attaining his 21st birthday.

The Examiner Launceston 28^th April 1917

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