Māori Bertie Victor Read Died 3 May 1941 PDF Key details Service numberWWII P/W 3518 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchNavy AWMM Last rankWW2 Ordinary Telegraphist AWMM Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Belmont AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait of Telegraphist Bertie Victor Read, Auckland Weekly News, 11 June 1941. Sir George Grey Spe … Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesBertie Victor AWMM SurnameRead AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWII P/W 3518 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW2 Mrs Elsie May Read (mother), 220 Clyde Street, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusSingle/WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchNavy AWMM Service numberWWII P/W 3518 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency Enlistment Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation details Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesAccidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM Killed in an air raid AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 Ordinary Telegraphist AWMM Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Belmont AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › He was the son of Percival Charles and Elsie May Read, of FeildingNext of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death3 May 1941 AWMM Age 23 AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathAccidental Death AWMM Death notes CemeteryLiverpool (Anfield) Cemetery AWMM Sec 7. Noncon, Joint grave 795, Screen Wall Panel 6 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Bertie Victor Read by laying a poppy. Arthur William Charles Read Avice Jean Read Bertie Victor Read Charles Henry Thomas Read Christopher Horace Read Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Bertie Victor Read Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksNaval Rating Killed. Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 118, 21 May 1941, Page 8 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410521.2.90&srpos Further Reference DocumentsThe Evening Post AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License