Joseph READ

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Service Number:	188
Enlisted:	31 October 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marylebone, London, England, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Hilton, City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Railway Street National School, Barnes, Middlesex, London, England
Occupation:	Plasterer
Died:	Blackwater Fever, Bougainville, Bougainville, German New Guinea, 11 February 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kieta Cemetery, Bougainville Kieta Cemetery, Kieta, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

31 Oct 1914:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 188, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , Adelaide, South Australia
28 Nov 1914:	Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 188, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
28 Nov 1914:	Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 188, 3rd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney

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