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Apsley BRADFORD

Regimental number2786
Place of birthQuirindi, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Yarraman, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressYarraman, Quirindi, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 8.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMrs M A Bradford, Yarraman, Quirindi, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 June 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll55th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGreat-grandson of Captain William Mitchell, who served under the Duke of Wellington in the Napoleonic Wars.
FateKilled in Action 2 April 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Date of death2 April 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
160
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin Thomas and Maria BRADFORD, Quirindi, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4677 Robert Bruce BRADFORD, 17th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 9 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BRADFORD Apsley
Red Cross File No 0491106L

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