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Jack Keith BRADLEY

Regimental number289
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolWellington Square State School, Launceston, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTailor
Address89 Cameron Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 10.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, Claude Bradley, 89 Cameron Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in the Compulsory Military Training scheme.
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBrighton, Tasmania
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death25 April 1915
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Artillery Road Plot 9), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Claude and Mary BRADLEY, 15 Elizabeth Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 2 March 1915.

Posted missing in action, Dardanelles, between 25 and 28 April 1915.

Now, 7 November 1915, posted as 'Wounded and Missing, Dardanelles, between 25 and 28 April 1915'.

Court of Enquiry, 5 June 1916, pronounces fate as 'Killed in Action, Dardanelles, 25 April 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BRADLEY Jack Keith

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