Sydney Edgerton BRETHERTON

BRETHERTON, Sydney Edgerton

Service Number: 37312
Enlisted: 5 February 1917, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, 4 September 1895
Home Town: Newstead, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Telephone monitor
Died: Natural causes, Hamilton, Queensland, 8 August 1948, aged 52 years
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 1 Service

5 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 37312, Brisbane, Queensland
5 Nov 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 37312, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
5 Nov 1917: Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 37312, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
9 May 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
3 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 37312, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

The two enlisted children of William Bretherton and Alice Maud (née Fincham) Bretherton of Newstead, Brisbane, Queensland:-

8882 Pte. Harold Clifford Bretherton (/explore/people/355676) - returned to Australia;

37312 Dvr. Sydney Edgerton Bretherton - returned to Australia.