Pte
Harold Fromholtz Reese
Information about birth
Date of birth: 19/05/1884 |
Place of birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
General information
Last known residence: Camooweal, Queensland, Australia |
Profession: Stockman |
Religion: Church of England |
Army information
Country: Australia |
Force: Australian Imperial Force |
Rank: Private |
Service number: 3455 |
Enlistment date: 17/11/1916 |
Enlistment place: Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia |
Units: — Australian Infantry, 47th Bn. (Last known unit) |
Information about death
Date of death: 12/10/1917 |
Place of death: Defy Crossing, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
Age: 33 |
Cemetery
Tyne Cot Cemetery Plot: XXXIII Row: C Grave: 1 |
Distinctions and medals 2
British War Medal Medal |
Victory Medal Medal |
Points of interest 3
#1 | Place of birth | ||
#2 | Enlistment place | ||
#3 | Place of death (approximate) |
Sources 5
(2014). H. Reese, one of the soldiers photographed in The Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 1917. John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland http://trove.nla.gov.au Sources used |
Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau (Australian War Memorial, Campbell (AWM), RCDIG1064166). https://www.awm.gov.au Sources used |
Deayton Craig , Battle Scarred: the 47th Battalion in the First World War (Newport Big Sky publishing Ltd, 2011).156-188. Sources used |
First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920 (National Archives of Australia, Canberra (NAA), B2455, Reese, Harold Fromoltz). https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/ Sources used |
McCarthy, Chris. Passchendaele: The Day by Day Account (Londen: Arms & Armour Press, 2018), 129-132. Sources used |
More information 4
CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/464392 |
Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=3fe17e0f-d341-4e0f-a874-d0e94a40f4ef |
The AIF Project (UNSW Canberra) https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=251619 |
Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/7559451 |