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READ, Lawrence Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | VX53096 |
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Enlisted: | 9 April 1941, Royal Park, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 4 July 1919 |
Home Town: | Cobden, Corangamite, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 16 August 1943, aged 24 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Location ~ Plot N. Row B. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD; I SHALL NOT WANT" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Morwell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX53096 | |
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9 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd Training Battalion (AIF), Royal Park, Victoria | |
17 Sep 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/5th Infantry Battalion , Killed in action |
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