Justin (Gus) BREGUET

BREGUET, Justin

Other Name: Breguet, Justin Hercules - Circular
Service Number: 1983
Enlisted: 16 July 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
Born: Geelong, Victoria, Australia, May 1897
Home Town: Corio, Greater Geelong, Victoria
Schooling: Newtown State School, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Carter
Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
Plot I, Row C, Grave No 4
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Newtown Methodist Church Honor Roll, Newtown Methodist Church Honor Roll
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World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1983, Depot Battalion
18 Feb 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1983, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
18 Feb 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1983, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1983, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...1983 Pte Justin Hercules Breguet, of Geelong... enlisted on 28 July 1915... aged eighteen years when he embarked... aboard HMAT Ballarat in Melbourne on 18 February 1916 as a member of the 3rd Reinforcements, 29th Battalion. Pte Breguet was killed in action on 19 July 1916 during the Battle of Fromelles. After the war his grave could not be located and he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France. In 2008 a burial ground was located at nearby Pheasant Wood containing the bodies of 250 British and Australian soldiers including Pte Breguet. All of the remains were reburied in the newly created Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery. At the time of the official dedication of the new cemetery on 19 July 2010, ninety-six of the Australians had been identified through a combination of anthropological, archaeological, historical and DNA information. Work is continuing on identifying the other remains relocated from the burial ground and buried in the new cemetery as unknown soldiers. Pte Breguet has subsequently been identified in May 2016..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Justin Hercules BREGUET was born in 1897 in Geelong, Victoria

His parents were Justin August BREGUET who was born in Ceres, Geelong and Rose Hannah NEILSON who ws born in Ballarat East, Victoria - they married in Victoria in 1892

He had previous service in the Senior Cadets (69th Battalion) for 4 years before he enlisted for WW1

His brother Leslie William BREGUET also served in WW1 (SN2115) and returned to Australia in 1919