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Harold BREEDON

Regimental number1514
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolMarrickville Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter
Address47 Woods Parade, Manly, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Breedon, 47 Woods Parade, Manly, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 April 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 10 April 1915, and posted to 18th Bn, 1st Reinforcements. Wounded on four occasions: Lone Pine, 8 August 1915; Pozieres, 4 August 1916; Menin Road, 20 September 1917; and mortally, Villers-Bretonneux, 9 April 1918.
FateDied of wounds 9 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSt. Pierre Cemetery (Plot X, Row D, Grave No. 2), Amiens, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Sarah BREEDON, 47 Woods' Parade, Manly, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BREEDON Harold

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