BRETHERTON, James Joseph
| Service Number: | 6786 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 February 1917, Qld Volunteer Rifles 9mths |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lancashire, England, May 1876 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Groom |
| Died: | Albion, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 14 December 1943, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Feb 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6786, 25th Infantry Battalion, Qld Volunteer Rifles 9mths | |
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| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 6786, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6786, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
| 19 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6786, 25th Infantry Battalion, 1st MD, Medically unfit (premature senility) |
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From Australian Remembrance Army
Pte Joseph James Bretherton
Service No: 6786
Rank: Private
Unit: 25th Infantry Battalion
Over the weekend, our group of volunteers were at Lutwyche Cemetery where we were able to complete two headstone restorations at the same time, due to the close proximity to each other. Today we are sharing the story of Private James Joseph Bretherton.
(We always get permission from family/descendants of these veterans as well as permission from Brisbane City Council before commencing any work on a grave or headstone.)
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πππ¦ππ¬ ππ¨π¬ππ©π‘ ππ«πππ‘ππ«ππ¨π§ was born in 1874 in Lancashire, England to parents Elizabeth Lyon and William Bretherton.
After emigrating from England, James settled in Queensland, Australia. He married Ada Grace Dennis in 1900 in and the couple lived in the Queensland town of Bundaberg where James worked as a dairyman and later as a groom and carter. They had nine children β seven daughters and two sons.
On the 14th of February 1917, at the age of 43 years, James enlisted with the AIF. His wife, Ada was 5 months pregnant with their youngest child, Clifton and the other children ranged in age from 2 Β½ years to 16 Β½ years.
James embarked from Sydney, New South Wales onboard A20 HMAT Hororata on the 14th of June 1917, disembarking in Liverpool, England on the 26th August. He was sent to Fovant, arriving on the 7th November and remained at the training camp here until the 13th of May 1918. James was returned to Australia for discharge the following month (premature senility).
After disembarking in Australia, James returned to his family who were living in Station Street, Bundaberg and resumed work as a carter. James, Ada and family remained at Station Street for over 36 years. Following the death of Ada in 1936 at the age of 56, Joseph made his way to Brisbane where he settled at Albion.
James Joseph Bretherton died on the 14th of December 1943 in Brisbane at the age of 69 years and was buried in Lutwyche Cemetery the following day.
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