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Robert Bruce BRADFORD

Regimental number4677
Place of birthLiverpool Plains England
SchoolPublic School, Yarraman, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressYarraman Post Office via Quirindi, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, E T Bradford, Yarraman via Quirindi, New South Wales
Enlistment date17 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 13 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll17th 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 9 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Date of death9 October 1917
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XV, Row G, Grave No. 14), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edwin and Maria BRADFORD, Yarraman, New South Wales. Native of Quirindi, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: [167] Lt Bert BRADFORD MC, 17th Bn, returned to Australia, 1 November 1917; 2786 Pte Apsley BRADFORD, 56th Bn, killed in action, Bapaume, France, 2 April 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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