BRADLEY, Herbert Hamilton
| Service Number: | 4137 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 22 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Canister maker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4137, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4137, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4137, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Robert and Teresa Bradley of Leichhardt NSW, Herbert Bradley was known to his mates as ‘Pat’ and according to information in his Red Cross file he was a great pugilist. Bradley had married Alice May Talbot in 1909 and he was the father of two girls, aged 6 and 8 years when he died. He was killed by rifle or machine gun fire at Lagnicourt when the outpost he was defending was overrun by an overwhelming number of Germans. Although buried in the field by Australians his grave was subsequently lost.
His brother 2573 Private Robert William Bradley 20th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Bois Grenier on 5 May 1916, age 34.
Alice and the two girls were awarded a pension.