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Harry BREEN

Regimental number26767
Place of birthAntwerp, Belgium
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStableman
AddressBrunswick, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Breen, 3 Carter Avenue, Toorak, Victoria
Enlistment date11 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 1, Reinforcement 19
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/89/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 7 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 11 March 1916 - 1st Division Ammunition Column, 19th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 23rd Field Artillery Brigade, 15 December 1916. Transferred to 8th Field Artillery Brigade, 6 January 1917. Accidentally wounded, 17 July 1917; mortally wounded, 24 September 1917.
FateDied of wounds 24 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death45
Place of burialLijssenthoek Militry Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row C, Grave No. 8A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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