Veteran Notes/Bio
1895-1917, 20 yrs, 5'5", 138lbs, fair, hazel eyes, light brown hair
Station hand, born in Khancoban, father William B, mother A M B Campsie
Corryong, then Glencoe Farm Cudgewa/Tintaldra
service no. 1716, place of enlistment Tallangatta 13.3.16, pte, 37th Bn, 3rd Div,
Messines, Passchendaele, Villers-Bretonneux
KIA died of abdominal wounds, 8.6.17, France Buried Trois Arbes Cem, Steenwerck, Armentiers.
Wm embarked in Melbourne with the Mildren brothers 27.5.16 on HMAT 'Ascanius'.
It is thought that Bill was a station hand on 'Bringenbrong' but fell out with the Mitchells over a 'borrowed' stallion! Perhaps Bradney's Gap was named for him when he took cattle up there to the high country, and Bradney Street to honour his loss in the War.
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