Studio portrait of 3209 Private (Pte) Reuben Harold Magor, 32nd Battalion from Norwood, South ...

Studio portrait of 3209 Private (Pte) Reuben Harold Magor, 32nd Battalion from Norwood, South Australia. A 24 year old salesman prior to enlistment on 9 August 1915, he embarked with the 7th Reinforcements of the 27th Battalion from Adelaide on 12 January 1916 aboard HMAT Medic. Pte Magor was killed in action at the battle of Fromelles on 20 July 1916. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. In 2008 a burial ground was located at Pheasant Wood, France containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers including Pte Magor. All of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the new cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six of the Australians had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Work is continuing on identifying the other remains relocated from the burial ground and buried in the new cemetery as unknown soldiers. Pte Magor is among those who have not been identified and his name remains on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial. Although the image shows Pte Magor wearing a Lance Corporal stripe, his service record contains no details of promotion to that rank.