BREADNER, Cecil Gordon
| Service Number: | 1326 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 March 1915, D Company |
| Last Rank: | Bugler |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Manchester, London, England, 14 February 1898 |
| Home Town: | Bowral, Wingecarribee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cheetham Central School, Manchester, London, England |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Cerebro spinal fever, Isolation Hospital, Estaples, France, 19 April 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Etaples Military Cemetery Plot V, Row B, Grave 5, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bugler, 1326, 17th Infantry Battalion, D Company | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement 1326, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked 1326, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 19 Apr 1916: | Involvement 1326, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1326 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Bugler awm_died_date: 1916-04-19 |
Obituary - Trove
BUGLER C. G. BREADNER
The death in reported of Bugler C. G. Breadner, of Bowral, who was previously reported dangerously ill. We understand that Bugler Breadner was on active service at Gallipoli, and was invalided to England. On recovering from this illness, he was sent to France, where he spent a couple of months in the trenches. While there he contracted a dangerous illness, from which be never recovered.
The deceased, who was only a young man, bore an excellent character, and was much esteemed. He was employed at one time by Mr. A. K. Marshall (late storekeeper of Bowral), where he earned the reputation at being steady and reliable. His mother resides at Manchester (England), his father having died since the bugler's enlistment.
Submitted 19 April 2018 by Elizabeth Allen
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Cecil Gordon BREADNER was born in 1898 in Manchester, England & baptised in the Church of St Alban, Cheetham, Lancashire on 15th March, 1898
His parents were Charles Gibson BREADNER and Kate JONES who married in St Alban on 26th November, 1890
He left Liverpool in England on the 8th March, 1913 & arrived in Sydney on 28th April, 1913 on the ship "Shropshire"
He had previously served for 8 months in the 43rd Infantry before he enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 19th March, 1915 and embarked with the 17th Infantry Battalion, D Company on 12th May, 1915 from Sydney on the HMAT Themistocles
Cecil was admitted to the Isolation Hospital in Estaples, France on 9th April, 1916 and died on 19th April, 1916 of cerebro spinal fever - he is buried in the Estaples Military Cemetery in France
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Ian Fletcher, Australia and NZ in WWI
Bugler Cecil Gordon Breadner, 17th Battalion A.I.F., died in an Isolation Hospital at Etaples, France. of Cerebro Spinal fever, he was aged 18, now rests in Etaples military Cemetery
when he joined up on the 19th March 1915 he stated his age as 19years and 1 month, but when he died on the 19th April 1916 his real age was 18, he had served with the 17th in Gallipoli and I suspect he was one of the 16 boys of the average age of sixteen who had been enlisted as Buglers, several of these lads went through every campaign with the 17th as private soldiers, being absorbed into the platoons when the use of buglers was discontinued about the time the battalion embarked for Gallipoli
17th Battalion 'Not Forgotten'
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