Veterans participate in an Anzac Day march. The man at the rear wearing the hat and a light suit ...

Accession Number P09114.024
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Ballarat Courier Pty Ltd
Place made Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Date made 25 April 1973
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Veterans participate in an Anzac Day march. The man at the rear wearing the hat and a light suit is Herbert Vincent (Bert) Reynolds. Mr Reynolds enlisted as 622 Private (Pte) Herbert Vincent Reynolds and served with the 1st Australian Field Ambulance. Pte Reynolds, a joiner from Sebastopol, Vic prior to enlistment, embarked with the 1st Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Berrima on 22 December 1914. He was evacuated from Gallipoli with illness and after a period of recovery in England, he rejoined his unit in France where he was wounded in action. He returned to Australia on 23 October 1918 and was discharged on 20 March 1919. During the Second World War Reynolds served as a Private in 20 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps, with the service number V236378.