Albert Arthur READER MM

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Service Number:	168
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, An original of A Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	River Plenty, Tasmania, Australia, 16 June 1888
Home Town:	New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Axeman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bushy Park Gretna State School Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, New Norfolk War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 168, 12th Infantry Battalion, An original of A Company
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 168, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 168, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
8 May 1917:	Honoured Military Medal

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