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Personal data

• Name MASON
• Initials RS
• First name REGINALD SYLVESTER
• Place of birth Yarrawonga
• Country Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Corowa
• Family Son of Alfred Ernest and Emily Agnes Mason (nee Metcalf), of Albert St., Corowa, New South Wales; three sisters, Alice, Mabel and Dorothy; two brothers, Alfred and Frederick;
• Education St.Mary's Convent School, Corowa
• Extra info Member of the local rifle club; training with Senior Cadets; cornet player;

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Enlisted in Melbourne, Victoria on 24 August 1915
• Service number 19636
• Rank Gunner
• Regiment and unit 8th Brigade Australian Field Artillery
• Army - Corps - Division 3rd Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation in Sydney on 20 May 1916; to France on 30 December 1916; transferred to Signalling Corp;

Death

• Wounded 24 September, Chateau Wood, Menin Road; mustard gas shell on pill box;
• Type of wounds Died of gas wounds in n° 10 CCS
• Date of death 27 September 1917
• Died at the age of 23
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - G - 9

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