Frederick READ

READ, Frederick

Service Number: 3127
Enlisted: 12 July 1915, 10th Reinforcements
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 54th Infantry Battalion
Born: Nottingham, England, 1887
Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Public School, England
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery: Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix
Row O, Grave No 12
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3127, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 10th Reinforcements
8 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3127, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3127, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney
19 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 3127, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3127 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Frederick enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales, on 12th July 1915. He served with 54th Battalion, Australian Infantry Australian Imperial Force.

1891-census- Gt Alfred St, Nottingham
Chas H Read 33 Coal Agent
Kate M Read 34
Herbert Read 9
Leonard C Read 6
Ethel E Read 4
Fred Read 3

His mother appears to have died in 1902
Name: Kate Marr Read
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Registration Year: 1902
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 45
Registration district: Nottingham
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1911
Charles Henry Read 53 Clerk To Blowseale [sic]
Second wife-married 1907
Rebecca Read [nee Amphlett] 24
Ethel Emuel [Eunice?] Read 24
Florence Evelyn Read 3
455 Meadow Lane, Nottingham. England.

Son of Mr. Charles H. Read, of 455, Meadow Lane, Nottingham, England.

 

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