Leslie Duncan READ

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READ, Leslie Duncan

Service Number:	408
Enlisted:	15 December 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Hammersmith, London, UK, 16 April 1892
Home Town:	Orbost, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Orbost State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer/Panel Beater
Died:	Natural Causes, Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 5 July 1982, aged 90 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

28 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 408, 13th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
28 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 408, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
15 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1

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Biography contributed by John Purdy

Trooper Leslie Duncan Read No.408, 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Victoria. A 22 year old Farmer from Orbost, Victoria. He enlisted on 15 December 1914; and at the conclusion of the war Returned to Australia, 3 July 1919. Served in the Middle East, Gallipoli and on the Western Front Subsequently enlisted in the AIF in 1939 and served in WW2.

On returning from the UK in 1919, he continued logging then moved to Melbourne and began life as a panel beater. Lived in Bentliegh, married and was the father of four daughters. Served in WW2 then returned to family life in Melbourne. He lived his final years in a veterans home till the age of 90.

J I Purdy Maternal Grandson

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