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Matthew Joseph BRADLEY

Regimental number2527
Place of birthWingham, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressUpper Lansdowne, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35.10
Height5' 9"
Weight169 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Bradley, Upper Landsdowne, Manning River, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2522
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 19 October 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Discharge date21 January 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Lyttleton', 19 October 1917; discharged (medically unfit: gassed [shell]), Sydney, 21 January 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death19 November 1924
Age at death45
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis (R.C. 9, 1353), Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, BRADLEY Matthew Joseph

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