Regimental number | 1342 |
Place of birth | Port Fairy, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Victoria Street, Windsor, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 5.5" |
Weight | 129 lbs |
Next of kin | Arthur Ronald Brett, Victoria Street, Windsor, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Warrnambool, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Driver |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 2, Brigade Ammunition Column |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/30/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A27 Southern on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | Brighton Cemetery (Indep. Plot C, Grave No. 42), Victoria |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 11 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Brother: Mr A.R.W. BRETT |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 3 April 1915. Found guilty, 8 May 1915, of being asleep at this post: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No 1. Admitted to No 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 30 June 1915 (coryza); transferred to England, 15 August 1915; to King George's Hospital, Stamford Street, London, 27 August 1915. Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT 'Themistocles', 8 May 1916; disembarked, 19 June 1916; discharged Melbourne (medically unfit: pleurisy). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal Died of tuberculosis, Austin Hospital, 27 December 1919. |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, BRETT Cecil Ernest Wilfred |