Coming Soon.
READING, Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | TX3509 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 4 December 1918 |
| Home Town: | King Island, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Ninkenbah, Queensland, Australia, 23 July 1997, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fraser Coast Crematorium, Nikenbah, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3509, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Captured by the Japanese on Timor, repatriated from Kawaski, Japan. | |
| 24 Apr 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, TX3509, 2nd/40th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Leslie Reading's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Barker Gary
Based on a search of Ancestry.com there is a record that states Reading's birth date as 4 December 1921; three years younger than he stated he was when he enlisted.