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READING, Eldred Thomas
(Service number 7/2133)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank	2nd Lieutenant

Birth

Date	12 February 1888	Place of Birth	Ealing, Middlesex, England

Enlistment Information

Date	18 October 1915	Age	27 years
Address at Enlistment	Lambrook, Fairlie
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single. Married 1918
Next of Kin	Mrs W. READING (mother), 1 Heven Green, Ealing, London W., England. Later Mrs E. T. READING (wife), Harsley, Castlebar Park Road, Ealing, London.
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8¼ inches. Weight 157 lbs. Chest measurement 35-38 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes brown. Hair light brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision correct. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth fair. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. 4 scars left side of neck, result of absesses.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Date	8 January 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Field Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	21 August 1919	Reason	Struck off strength.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 March 1965	Age	77 years
Place of Death	Hanwell, Middlesex, England
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Eldred Thomas Reading was the son of William and Charlotte Reading, of London, England. Young Eldred was at home with his family at 1 Haven Green, Ealing, Middlesex, England, in 1891 and again in 1901. He married Violet Emma Martha Hawkins on 23 May 1918 at St Stephens Church, Ealing.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 April 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5550 0096348) [05 May 2017], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5958 0363184) [05 May 2017]; Timaru Herald, 28 December 1912, 29 December 1913, 14 September 1915, 5 & 14 August 1919, Evening Post, 5 January 1916, 30 April 1919, New Zealand Times, 14 June 1917, 11 September 1919, Press, 17 August 1918, Dominion, 16 April 1919, Sun, 15 July 1919 (Papers Past) [14 April 2017]; England census returns 1891, 1901 (ancestry.com.au) [14 April 2017

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