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Stanley Ted READ

Regimental number4913
Place of birthLaang, Victoria
SchoolState School, Naringa, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBroadwater PO, Broadwater, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs E C Cook, Broadwater Post Office, Broadwater, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 14 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 August 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death18.11
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialSunken Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. I), Contalmaison, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Emily COOK (formerly PARSON, Macarthur, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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