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Second Lieutenant GORDON BREEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY

X. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Breen, of Barkly St., Camperdown, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM HIS HOME HE IS LYING ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2144
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