BRETHERTON, Arthur
| Service Number: | 205 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 23 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 October 1915, aged 33 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 205, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 205, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 205, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Arthur Bretherton enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his father R. Bretherton, Arthur St, Valley. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 55, it notes he directed part of his pay to his father Mr R. D. Bretherton, Arthur St, Valley.
Arthur Henry Bretherton was born on 23 Jan 1882 in Brisbane, a son to Robert Dickens Bretherton and Elizabeth Bretherton (nee Millard). He married Christina Drily Horsburgh on 20 Jan 1909 in Queensland and they had 4 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 497; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB Bk 2, p. 55).
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