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Corporal PERCY ERNEST READ

Service Number: 583
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

28th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

III. E. 11.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Elizabeth Read; husband of Alice M. Read, 190, Subiaco Rd., Subiaco, Western Australia. Native of South Australia.
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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