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Bertie Victor Read

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Portrait of Telegraphist Bertie Victor Read, Auckland Weekly News, 11 June 1941. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19410611-30-46. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Telegraphist Bertie Victor Read, Auckland Weekly News, 11 June 1941. Sir George Grey Spe …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bertie Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    Read AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII P/W 3518 AWMM
    • WWII W/3518 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs Elsie May Read (mother), 220 Clyde Street, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an air raid AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • He was the son of Percival Charles and Elsie May Read, of Feilding

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Liverpool, Lancashire AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery AWMM Sec 7. Noncon, Joint grave 795, Screen Wall Panel 6 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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