Stanley Ted READ

READ, Stanley Ted

    Service Number: 4913
    Enlisted: 26 October 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Laang, Victoria, Australia, September 1897
    Home Town: Broadwater, Moyne, Victoria
    Schooling: Naringal Public School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 13 August 1916
    Cemetery: Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison
    Grave site 1A
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mildura Workingmans Club War Memorial, Orford War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    26 Oct 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4913, Melbourne, Victoria
    14 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4913, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    14 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4913, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    13 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4913, 46th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4913 awm_unit: 46th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-13

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    Biography contributed by Michael O'Connor

    "...4913 Private Stanley Ted Read, 15th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Macarthur, Vic,... enlisted on 26 October 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Anchises in Melbourne on 14 March 1916. In July 1916 he was transferred from the 14th Bn to the 46th Bn. Pte Read was killed in action in France on 13 August 1916 aged 18 years..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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