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Reginald Alfred Charles Healey

(Confirmed)

Born: 4 January, 1890

Died: 20 July, 1916

Biographical Summary:

Son of the Reverend Henry Percival Healey (1855–1916) and Rose Ann Healey née MacArtney (died 1893).

Husband of Irene Healey née Kennedy (married 1911, Mosman). They had two children. 

Killed in action, Battle of Fromelles. H.Q. Signaller section. "We had gone over on the 19th, held the German front line trench all night, and retired in the early morning of the 20th. It was on this morning, about 7.0 that Healey was killed" – Pte Lickis 4378. "He was hit by a machine gun bullet… He was on the parapet of a sap in the German line, which we had dug" – Pte Sarratt 2950. Body not recovered.

Brother of Henry Percival Healey (died of wounds, Gallipoli), Ernest Francis Healey (wounded 25 April, Gallipoli, paralysed for life) and Stephen William Healey (wounded, Pozieres).

Lived in Manly, but close connections with the Kennedy family in Mosman. Brother-in-law Pte Percy Kennedy was in Healey's section at Fromelles and may have witnessed his death.

Recorded Names:

• Reginald Alfred Charles Healey
• Healey, Reginald Alfred Charles

Service Number: 3511

Ranks:

• Held rank of Private
• Held rank of Private

Birth Records:

• Born in Clifton, NSW, Australia
• 4 January, 1890 in Clifton, NSW, Australia

Death Records:

• Died on service
• 19 July, 1916
• Killed in action
• 20 July, 1916 in Fromelles

Life Events:

• Enlisted at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Address:

• 5 Sydney Road Manly NSW Australia

Relationships:

• wife - Healey Irene
• wife - Irene Kennedy
• father - Henry Percival Healey
• mother - Rose Ann Macartney

Organisations:

• Member of - ,,
• Member of - 54th Battalion, AIF
• Member of - 54th Battalion, AIF

Main Sources:

• HEALEY Reginald Alfred Charles Service Number 3511 Place of Birth Clifton NSW Place of Enlistment Sydney NSW Next of Kin Wife HEALEY Irene (Item)
• Discovering Anzacs Reginald Alfred Charles Healey (Webpage)
• Find War Dead ndash Healey Reginald Alfred Charles (Webpage)
• Roll of Honour Reginald Alfred Charles Healey (Webpage)
• Red Cross Wounded and Missing Reginald Alfred Charles Healey (Webpage)
• 3511B Private Reginald Alfred Charles Healey (Photograph)
• Great War Forum Gallipoli brothers (Webpage)
• HEALEY Reginald Alfred Charles Service Number 3511 Place of Birth Clifton NSW Place of Enlistment Sydney NSW Next of Kin Wife HEALEY Irene (Webpage)
• Roll of Honour Reginald Alfred Charles Healey (Website)
• Reginald Alfred Charles Healey (Photograph)

Commemorations:

• HEALEY R. A. C. on the West Face of the