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Frederick READ

Regimental number3127
Place of birthNottingham, England
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 6"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinFather, C.H. Read, 34 Ladysmith Street, Swinton, Nottingham, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 July 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 8 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll54th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19-20 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialLe Trou Aid Post Cemetery (Row O, Grave No 12), Fleurbaix, France
Commemoration details159
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Charles Henry READ, 455 Meadow Lane, Nottingham, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Joined 2nd Bn, Tel el Kebir, 5 February 1916.

Transferred to 54th Bn, 13 February 1916; joined 54th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.

Admitted to No 14 Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 9 March 1916 (influenza); rejoined unit, 16 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19/20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19/20 July 1916'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, READ Frederick
Red Cross file 2250310

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