Alexander (Joker) READING

READING, Alexander

Service Number: 7068
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 12th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 4 September 1888
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bricklayer
Died: Died of wounds, St. Albans, 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
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World War 1 Service

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

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Biography 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.