| Reid | Herbert Ambrose | | Lieutenant | REID, HERBERT AMBROSE, Lieutenant, was born 4 May 1877, at Darlington, Yorkshire, son of Alfred Reid; was educated at Carlton College, Victoria, Australia, and served with the Australian Bushmen and the Australian Commonwealth Horse in the South African War, 1900-2, taking part in operations in Cape Colony, Orange River Colony and the Transvaal, and receiving the Queen's Medal with three clasps. He was also mentioned in Despatches, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 10 May 1901]: "Herbert Ambrose Reid, Lieutenant, Imperial Bushmen, who, with 20 men of his corps, on the 25th April 1901, surprised a party of Boers, and dispersed them, capturing their Commandant, 41 men, a Maxim gun and many stores". Sir A Conan Doyle says, in 'The Great Boer War'(page 457): "Forty-one of the formidable Zarps, with Schroeder their leader, were captured in the north by the gallantry and wit of a young Australian named Reid". He became Honorary Captain and Major, Australian Remount Service. Major Reid served in the European War in Egypt. He married, in 1906, Annie Chaulk, second daughter of Walter Chaulk Baudinet, of Lake Victoria, Gippsland, Victoria, and they had one son and one daughter.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Victoria contingent |
