Place of birth | Failford New South Wales |
School | Newington College, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Drummoyne, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 27 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs D I Breckenridge, 33 Penkivil Street, Bondi, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 19th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/36/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 19th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Bullecourt, France |
Age at death | 27 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Queant Road Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, grave No. 14), Buissy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 88 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Mary BRECKENRIDGE; husband of Doris BRECKENRIDGE, 188 Owen Street, Woollahra, New South Wales. Born at Failford, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother-in-law: 5598 Lance Sergeant Cecil Ernest Ricketts, MID, 15th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 2 March 1919, died in Randwick Hospital, NSW as a result of war service. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |