Percy Herbert READ

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Service Number:	3873
Enlisted:	31 July 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Pirie, South Australia, 7 July 1888
Home Town:	Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling:	Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 19 March 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Pirie Fathers of Sailors and Soldiers Association Port Pirie District Roll of Honor WW1, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

31 Jul 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3873, 32nd Infantry Battalion
21 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 3873, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 3873, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide

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