BRADFORD, Alfred Robert
| Service Numbers: | QX5988, QX5988, |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tannymorel, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1913 |
| Home Town: | Killarney, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mt Collier State School, Australia |
| Occupation: | Timber Faller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 18 December 1942, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea B7. B. 18. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tannymorel & District Honour Roll, Tannymorel War Memorial, Warwick War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, QX5988 | |
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| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Jun 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 10 Jan 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, ex Sydney to Middle East | |
| 25 Mar 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East for service in Greece | |
| 10 Apr 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX5988,, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, per Tai Yin to Australia | |
| 7 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, ex Brisbane to Milne Bay | |
| 19 Dec 1942: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Robert Alfred Bradford (Service No:QX5988) enlisted in the Army on 8 June 1940 and served with 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion in the Middle East, Greece and New Guinea. Private Bradford was KiA at Buna on 18 December 1942. Three of his brothers and a sister also served in WWII.
Born in 1913 at Tannymorel, Killarney on the Darling Downs in QLD, Bob was the third of nine children of Alfred Ernest Bradford (b1884 at Farm Creek, Tannymorel, QLD) and Nellie Maud Francis (b1884 in Warwick, QLD). Alfred Snr (a Farmer) and Nellie married in 1909 at Tannymorel where they settled and raised their family and Alfred was a Farmer.
Bob was a Timber Faller at Mt Collier nr Killarney when he enlisted in the AIF.
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