Wallace John READ

READ, Wallace John

Service Number: NX121780
Enlisted: 14 September 1942
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 30 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1923
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Head teacher at Sydney’s technical college
Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , January 2007, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

14 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX121780
14 Sep 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , 30 Infantry Battalion AMF
6 May 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, NX121780

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Biography contributed by Kate Egan

Wallace John Read was the youngest of four brothers.

All served overseas.

One brother James Read was a "rat of Tobruk".