Albert Edward READING

READING, Albert Edward

    Service Number: 139
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    Born: Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1879
    Home Town: Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 28 July 1942, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
    Plot: Portion 30, Section 24, Grave No: 20.
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 139
    4 Apr 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 139, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
    23 Jun 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 139, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902.

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    Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

    Albert Edward Reading was born on 16 Aug 1879 in Queensland, a son to Alfred Charles Reading and Sarah Ann Reading (nee Wray). When he enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. S. A. Reading at Bulimba, Brisbane. He married Violet May Coombs on 4 Sep 1933 and they were living at Mayne, Brisbane, when he passed away.

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