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READ, Geoffrey Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | V66516, VX61306 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1941, Enlisted Prahran Victoria allocated to 14th Battalion AMF for part time duty. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lane Cove, New South Wales, Australia, 24 March 1909 |
| Home Town: | Lane Cove, Lane Cove, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Natural Causes , 9 August 1998, aged 89 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Family Plot |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 25 Feb 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, V66516, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Prahran Victoria allocated to 14th Battalion AMF for part time duty. | |
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| 7 Apr 1941: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, Promoted to Corporal at Mount Martha / Balcombe Camp Victoria | |
| 9 Aug 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, V66516, 14th Infantry Battalion, Transferred to AIF from Militia for service overseas. | |
| 2 Jan 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Allocated to 4th reinforcement’s 29th Battalion at Camp Darley Bacchus Marsh Victoria for duty overseas. | |
| 19 Jan 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX61306, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Malaya/Singapore, Reinforcement’s to 2/29th Battalion Defence of Singapore | |
| 26 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Changi Camp recovered 22 September 1945 | |
| 22 Sep 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX61306, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion, Embarkation Singapore for Discharge POW for 3MD Melbourne To General Details Depot for assessment and termination Period of Enlistment | |
| 19 Nov 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX61306, 2nd/29th Infantry Battalion |
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