BREEDEN, Sidney Arthur Goody
| Service Numbers: | 7850, W30924 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
| Born: | Handsworth, Birmingham, England, 12 December 1897 |
| Home Town: | Augusta, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Home Schooled |
| Occupation: | (pre WW1) Fisherman, Motor mechanic (later a Company Director and business owner) |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Western Australia, Australia, 20 May 1979, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: |
St Mary's Anglican Church Graveyard, Busselton, Western Australia Interred in Memorial Garden |
| Memorials: | Augusta RSL Memorial Wall, Augusta War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7850, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 1 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 7850, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 7850, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' |
World War 2 Service
| 4 Nov 1940: | Enlisted W30924, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) | |
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| 20 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, W30924, 19 Garrison Battalion (WA) |
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Contributed by his son Sid Breeden
His family emigrated to Australia in 1904, and in April 1917, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the Australian Army, training at Blackboy Hill on the outskirts of Perth before the long voyage to Great Britain, where further training awaited him on the plains of Wiltshire.
Wounded at Sailly Laurette, on the River Somme in France then after a period in hospital in Bristol, he was repatriated to Fremantle, Western Australia, where he was demobilized in June 1919. He later served on the home front in World War II, with the rank of Captain and Adjutant at the 19th Garrison Battalion Geraldton WA, and at the town of Busselton lived on into his eighties.
Interred-Ashes St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery
Busselton, Busselton City, Western Australia, Australia
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His family emigrated to Australia in 1904, and in April 1917 at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the Australian Army, training on the outskirts of Perth before the long voyage to Great Britain, where further training awaited him on the plains of Wiltshire.
After a period in hospital in Bristol, he was repatriated to Australia, where he was demobilized in June 1919. He later served on the home front in World War II, and lived on into his eighties.
Interred-St. Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery
Busselton, Busselton City, Western Australia, Australia
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