READ, Alexander James
(Service number 44018)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 6 July 1880 | Place of Birth | Seacliff |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | P. O. Albury | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs D. BALINGALL (sister), Omimi Post-office, Seacliff | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 24th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Pakeha | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 November 1931 | Age | 51 years |
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| Place of Death | Cave? | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Alexander James Read wa sthe son of George and Jessie (née Dunbar) Read. The 24th Reinforcements – A. J. Read included - left Timaru for Trentham by the second express on 5 January 1917. They were entertained by the ladies of the Patriotic War Relief Society in Miss Read’s Stafford Tea Rooms. The 2nd (S.C.) Regimental Band was in attendance and Senior Cadets formed a cordon at the Strathallan Street crossing. Alexander married Jane Ellen Gordon in 1920 at Chalmers Church, Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 5 January 1917 (Papers Past) [07 January 2014]
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