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READING, Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7068 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 October 1916, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4 September 1888 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Macquarie Street State School, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Middlesex War Hospital, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, 13 October 1917, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
St. Albans (Hatfield Road) Cemetery, England Grave Mil. G. 2. INSCRIPTION - HAVE HONORED TASMANIA'S ISLE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7068, 12th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 7068, 12th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 7068, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7068, 12th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, Multiple SW to both legs and back. Evacuated to Middlesex War Hospital, UK, where he died of his wounds (during an operation) on 13 October 1917. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
2th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 32 and the son of Edward James and Mary Reading, of Forest Rd., Hobart, Tasmania.
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