Alfred Robert (Bob) BRADFORD

BRADFORD, Alfred Robert

Service Numbers: QX5988, QX5988,
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
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Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tannymorel & District Honour Roll, Tannymorel War Memorial, Warwick War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX5988
8 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
8 Jun 1940: Enlisted
10 Jan 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, ex Sydney to Middle East
25 Mar 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, ex Middle East for service in Greece
10 Apr 1942: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5988,, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, per Tai Yin to Australia
7 Aug 1942: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX5988, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, ex Brisbane to Milne Bay
19 Dec 1942: Discharged

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Biography 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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