Sergeant Eric Falconer Read

Service number 3532
Ranks Held Lance Corporal, Private, Sergeant
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Mackay
Death Date 1918-10-05
Death Place France
Final Rank Sergeant
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
Gazettes Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-11-08
Published in London Gazette in 1917-07-18
Published in London Gazette in 1919-01-07
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1919-05-23

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Sergeant
    London Gazette
    07 January 1919 on page 317 at position 3
    Commonwealth Gazette
    23 May 1919 on page 893 at position 3
  • First World War Embarkation Roll:

    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Private
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Unit
    2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
  • First World War Nominal Roll:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Sergeant
  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Lance Corporal
    London Gazette
    18 July 1917 on page 7289 at position 4
    Commonwealth Gazette
    08 November 1917 on page 2943 at position 131
  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion
    Conflict
    First World War, 1914-1918
    Rank
    Sergeant

Timeline

Date of enlistment 30 August 1915
Date of embarkation 03 January 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 15 May 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 29 May 1917
Date of death 05 October 1918