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Pte. Cecil Beaumont Badnall
Australian Imperial Forces 48th Btn.
from:Liverpool,
(d.2nd Jun 1917)
Corporal John Herbert Whitley Bracken served with the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column Australian Field Artillery. He was was killed in action Belgium 22 July 1917 aged 29, son of Joseph and Harriet Bracken of 16 Stanley Avenue, Wallasey, England. He now rests in the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground nera Ypres, Belgium.
His service record state he was born in Toxteth (Liverpool) and attested 1st September 1914 working as a Teamster. He arrived on the Gallipoli Peninsula 30 April 1915 and landed in France on 2 April 1916. He was wounded in action 22 July 1917 and died of wounds the same day in 55 Field Ambulance.