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BRETHERTON, Richard Bartholomew
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 221 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rochford, Victoria, Australia, 9 January 1880 |
| Home Town: | Lancefield, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 May 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lancefield Rochford State School No 540 Roll of Honor, Lancefield War Memorial, Newham & Districts Roll of Honor, Newham Cobaw State School Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Woodend War Memorial Clock Tower |
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World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 221, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 221, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
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