Jack Keith BRADLEY

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BRADLEY, Jack Keith

Service Number:	289
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Brighton, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia , 23 August 1896
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Wellington Square State School
Occupation:	Tailor
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Artillery Road Plot B
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 289, 12th Infantry Battalion, Brighton, Tasmania
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 289, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 289, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 289, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

"...289 Private Jack Keith Bradley, 12th Battalion, of Launceston, Tas. A tailor prior to enlistment, Pte Bradley embarked on HMAT Geelong from Hobart on 20th October 1914. Originally reported as missing in action, he was later confirmed as being killed in action on 25th April 1915. His body was later located and exhumed from its temporary grave and re-interred in the Shell Green Cemetery." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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