Ernest BRADDON

Regimental number2856
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
OccupationCasemaker
Address82 Commercial Road, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs P Braddon, 82 Commercial Road, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date25 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 27 July 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 21697 2nd Corporal Charles Thomas BRADDON, 1st Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 23 December 1919; 22249 Bombardier Victor BRADDON, 3rd Divisional Artillery, returned to Australia, 13 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death23 May 1952