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READ, Peter Todd
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 407251 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 76 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 13 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Onslow, Western Australia, 21 April 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geraldton War Cemetery, Western Australia Plot B - Row A - Grave 15, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton St Judes Anglican Church WW2 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407251 | |
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| 17 Aug 1940: | Involvement Flying Officer, 407251 | |
| 17 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 20 Apr 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 407251, No. 76 Squadron (RAAF), Killed when Kittyhawk A29-163 crashed at Onslow, WA after a mid-air collision near the airstrip | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Peter Todd READ was born in Adelaide in South Australia on 13th January, 1920
His parents were Alan Llewellyn READ & Doris Muriel TEAGUE
He married Hilary WELLS in St. Judes Church in Brighton, SA on 30th October, 1942
He previously served in the 27th Infantry Battalion and the 9/23 Light Horse Regiment before being discharged to join the RAAF
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His father Alan Llewellyn READ served during WW1 (SN 3702) in the Infantry Brigade & the Field Ambulance & returned to Australia on 28th October, 1918
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