BRECKENRIDGE, Hugh
| Service Number: | Commissioned Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 21 February 1916, Bathurst, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Failford, Great Lakes - New South Wales, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newington College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot VI, Row C, grave No. 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Burwood Memorial Arch, Nabiac War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bathurst, NSW | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Mary Breckenridge; husband of Doris Isabel Breckenridge, of 188, Owen St., Woollahra, New South Wales.
IN LOVING MEMORY FROM HIS WIFE DORIS
Member of the Drummoyne 210 Lodge
Mrs. D. Breckenridge of Penkivill Street, Bondi, has received news that her husband, Lieutenant Hugh Breckenridge, was killed on May 3. He was connected with the firm of John Breckenridge and Sons, Limited, Drummoyne.
Lieut. High Breckenridge, son of the late John Breckenridge, and brother of Messrs Breckenridge, the well-known timber merchants of Kendall, has been killed in action. He was 29 years of age, and leaves a young wife to mourn his untimely end.
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