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Claude Raymond Read

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Claude Raymond AWMM
  • Surname
    Read AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 31708 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 August 1896 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    William Read (father), Pencarrow Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 31708 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    29 January 1917 - Sling Camp, England. AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 26 July 1916 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Insurance Clerk/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Illness (bronchitis): Admitted to No.1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, on 11 April 1917 (Church 2002). AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Illness (nasal obstruction): Admitted to No.1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, December 1917. Transferred to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, near Southampton, on 16 February 1918. Died on 26 February 1918, from tuberculosis and meningitis (Church 2002). AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Tuberculosis and meningitis AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William and Betsy Read, of Auckland.

    Read's Army Records incorrectly record his birth as 1895.

    He never saw active service due to a series of illnesses contracted in the months after his arrival in England. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 February 1918 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Brockenhurst, Hampshire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM A.2.14. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Family Grave memorial, Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland AWMM
    • Glenfield War Memorial, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Marivare Reserve, corner of Manukau and Ranfurly Roads, Epsom, Auckland AWMM

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10 December 2018JulianaAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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