Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Portrait of Private Desmond Wallace Nixon and
Private Norman Slade Reid, ca. 1917. Courtesy of
John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Record No 1058198
Reid N S Pte 3222 Norman Slade 22 Inf Bn 18 Blacksmith Single Pres
Address: Ascot Vale, Francis St, 66 (Alice Reid)
Next of Kin: Reid, George W, father, Reid's Creek, via Beechworth
Enlisted: 25 Aug 1915
Embarked: A73 Commonwealth 26 Nov 1915
Awards: Military Medal
SLQ caption for above photo, in part: "Lance Corporal Norman Slade Reid, No. 3222, was an 18 year old blacksmith from Ascot Vale, Victoria, when he enlisted in the 7th Battalion [22 Battalion, 7 Reinforcements] on the 25th August 1915. He was wounded in action in France on the 12th December 1916 with a severe gun shot wound to the face and was invalided to England. He returned to France in June 1917. He was awarded the Military Medal in November 1918 for carrying out courageous work as a linesman on the night of August 26, 1918, near St. Martin's Wood, east of Proyart. He kept the lines of communication open while under heavy fire. He returned to Australia in March 1919."
Reid was Taken On Strength of the 7th Battalion at Serapeum on 24/2/1916. He disembarked in Marseilles on 31/3/1916. He was wounded in action in France on 12/12/1916, suffering a gunshot wound to the face with a fractured skull and right jawbone. He was evacuated to England for treatment.
Reid returned to France on 20/6/1917 and rejoined his battalion on 14/7/1917. He was appointed Lance Corporal in the Field on 21/4/1918. He was given leave to England on 31/8/18 and rejoined his battalion on 16/9/1918. He was awarded a Military Medal on 26/10/1918 and on the same day was sent to Army Signal School, rejoining his battalion 3 weeks later. He was marched out for return to Australia on 19/1/1919.
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RECOMMENDATION FOR MILITARY MEDAL
7th Aust Bn 3222 Lance Corporal Norman Slade REID
On the night of 25/26 August 1918, in front line trenches near ST MARTINS WOOD, east of PROYART, this NCO did very gallant and courageous work as a linesman. The night was exceptionally dark and raining and the enemy violently shelling the whole forward area. All communication between the firing line and Battalion Headquarters were cut. It was of the utmost importance that communication should be maintained as efforts were being made y the line to push out forward and to test the strength of enemy along the Battalion front. L/Cpl REID went out under heavy fire, located and repaired the breaks in the telephone wires. The area was quite new to L/Cpl Reid as his Battalion had only moved in to the line that night. His calmness, courage and devotion to duty cannot be too highly praised, and his work was of the greatest service to his Battalion Commander.
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