BREAKELL, Alfred
| Service Number: | 771 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Benalla, Benalla, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Wounds, No. 1 Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 22 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England Screen Wall, Plot B, Row 10, Grave 359 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bowyea State School No 2488 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 771, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 771, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 771, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Thomas Breakell and Mary Jane Breakell nee Horwood. Next of kin given as his brother William Breakell.
Brother of George Albert Breakell, Florence May Breakell, Lilian Breakell, Thomas Hector Breakell, William Breakell and John Breakell
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
He owned two cottages one facing Sharp Street and another in Nunn Street, Benalla, Victoria both were bequeathed to one of his sisters of Ascot Vale, Victoria
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 22nd May……Alfred Breakell was born at Seymour, Victoria in 1889.
Mary Jane Breakell, mother of Alfred Breakell, died on 10th June, 1893 at Seymour, Victoria. His father - Thomas Breakell died on 5th December, 1897 at Benalla, Victoria.
On 17th August, 1914 Alfred Breakell enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 25 year old, single, Driver from 194 St. Leonard’s Road, Ascot Vale, Victoria.
Private Alfred Breakell, Service number 771, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Hororata (A20) on 19th October, 1914 with the 6th Infantry Battalion “G” Company & disembarked at Alexandria on 5th December, 1914.
He embarked from Alexandria on Galeka on 5th April, 1915 to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) – Gallipoli Campaign.
Private Alfred Breakell was wounded at Gallipoli Peninsula on 25th April, 1915. He was transferred to Hospital Ship at Dardanelles between 25th & 30th April, 1915 with a wounded right Knee (serious). Private Breakell was transferred to Hospital Ship Goorka on 3rd May, 1915 for England.
On 16th May, 1915 Private Breakell arrived in England.
Private Alfred Breakell died on 22nd May, 1915 at 1st Southern General Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England from wounds received in action at the Dardanelles – G.S.W.(gunshot wound/s) to Knee. The Report of Death of a Soldier – Army Form B. 2090 recorded the cause of death as “Severe gunshot wound to right Knee”.
He was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England. His name is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall as he does not have a headstone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lodge-hill.html
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