Private Reed - Emmaville, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 29° 26.562 E 151° 35.578
56J E 363535 N 6742141
This Broken Column Headstone is a memorial to Private Joseph Daniel Penfold Reed, who died in the First World War, in 1917.
Waymark Code: WMZ3ZN
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 09/06/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Mark1962
Views: 2

A white marble monument, of a Broken Column, on a square base is laid for an Australian soldier, who died in World War One. The inscription is:

In Proud
and
Loving Memory
of
My Dear & Youngest Son
Private Joseph Daniel
Penfold Reed
35th Battalion
Killed in Action
at Passchendaele
12th Oct, 1917
Aged 23 Years

From the Australian War Memorial website:
Service Number: 6623
Birth Place: Emmaville, NSW
Death Place: Belgium
Final Rank: Private
Unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force
ex: Private Joseph Reed, AWM.

Address: Emmaville Cemetery, NSW, 2371, Australia

Visited: 1511, Thursday, 21 December, 2017 Revisited: 1035, Sunday, 26 August, 2018

Headstone/Monument Text:
In Proud
and
Loving Memory
My Dear & Youngest Son
Private Joseph Daniel
Penfold Reed
35th Battalion
Killed in Action
at Passchendaele
12th Oct, 1917
Aged 23 Years


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