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Arnold Romsey BRETHERTON

SchoolContinuation School, Melbourne, Victoria
Other trainingGraduate of Royal Military College, Duntroon.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPermanent soldier
Address29 Punt Road, Windsor, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, James Bretherton, 29 Punt Road, Windsor, Victoria
Enlistment date1 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name29th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAttended the 1912 Canadian Exhibition with the Australian Cadets.
FateKilled in Action 26 December 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 3), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
84
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Emily BRETHERTON, 43 College Street, Garden Vale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: 22 Pte Richard Bartholomew BRETHERTON, 38th Bn, killed in action, 28 May 1917.

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