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READ, Joseph
Personal Details
Service Number: | 188 |
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Enlisted: | 31 October 1914, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Marylebone, London, England, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia |
Schooling: | Railway Street National School, Barnes, Middlesex, London, England |
Occupation: | Plasterer |
Died: | Blackwater Fever, Bougainville, Bougainville, German New Guinea, 11 February 1915, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Kieta Cemetery, Bougainville Kieta Cemetery, Kieta, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Oct 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 188, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Adelaide, South Australia | |
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28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 188, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 188, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney |
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