OBITUARY.
REAL F. T. READ. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, July 30. The death has occurred of Rev. Frederick Thomas Read, aged 70. At the time of his death Air Read was a member of the North Canterbury Hospital Board and a member of the executive of the Christchurch R.S.A., and was acting as a supernumerary minister at the Heathcote Alethodist Church. Air Read had a long association with the Christchurch R.S.A., being an executive member from 1930 to the time of his death, president from 1931 to April 1935, and was during part of that time chairman of the benevolent committee of the branch. He volunteered for active service in 1914 and was chaplain on the hospital ship Ala ram a in 1915 going to Egypt. He made three trips in tljat vessel from Egypt to England with wounded, and except for nine months spent at the machine-gun cam]) at Papawai remained with her until he returned to New Zealand in 1918. .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 30 July 1937, Page 2
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162OBITUARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 204, 30 July 1937, Page 2
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