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Adam Reid

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Adam Reid (photo courtesy of VAC)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 25.08.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • Service no: 460835
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 44th Battalion
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 21
  • Date of Death: 10.08.1918
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 16.01.1897
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Tea Packer
  • Mother:

    Leah Reid, 293 Hampton St, Winnipeg

  • Father:

    William Reid, 293 Hampton St, Winnipeg

  • Siblings:

    sister, Mrs David Carr, 293 Hampton St, Winnipeg & William

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Adam Reid

Adam has no known grave but is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. His parents are listed as residing at 18 Kincardine St, Dundee, at the time of Adam’s attestation. He was the brother of Cpl William Reid, 420559, 43rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry, William died 13.05.1964.

For more information on Adam visit Adam’s Memorial and Adam’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There is a reference to Adam in the Dundee Peoples Journal 28/09/1918 page 6, available in Dundee Central Library.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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