BRADSHAW, Douglas Gordon
| Service Number: | 3254 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Septic Pneumonia, Kingswood Park V.A.D. Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, 1 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Tunbridge Wells Cemetery Plot C, Row 14, Grave 27 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3254, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3254, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 1 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 3254, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3254 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-11-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 1st November…… Douglas Gordon Bradshaw was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England to parents Joseph & (possibly) Rosa Bradshaw (nee Wilde). His birth was registered in the March quarter, 1896 in the district of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.
A death was registered for Rosa Bradshaw, aged 34, in the June quarter, 1900 in the district of Leicester, Leicestershire.
Joseph Bradshaw married Abigail Ward in the March quarter, 1901 in the district of Leicester, Leicestershire.
A death was registered in Leicester in March quarter, 1912 for a Joseph Bradshaw, aged 54.
Douglas Bradshaw, Butcher, aged 17, was listed as a passenger on Demosthenes which departed London on 14th August, 1913 & arrived at the port of Brisbane, Australia on 24th September, 1913. Douglas Bradshaw was listed to depart at Melbourne.
D. Bradshaw, a 19 year old Assistant Butcher from Leicester was a passenger on Canberra which left the port of Brisbane for Sydney on 2nd July, 1915.
On 8th July, 1915 Douglas Gordon Bradshaw enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Melbourne, Victoria as a 19 year old, single, Butcher.
Private Douglas Gordon Bradshaw, Service number 3254, embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor (A71) on 11th October, 1915.
He was taken on strength with 6th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 7th January, 1916.
On 17th February, 1916 Private Bradshaw was transferred to 58th Battalion from 6th Battalion. He was taken on strength at Serapeum with 58th Battalion on 17th February, 1916.
He embarked from Alexandria on 17th June, 1916 on Transylvania to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 23rd June, 1916.
Private Douglas Gordon Bradshaw was wounded in action on 23rd November, 1916. He was taken to 36th Casualty Clearing Station on 23rd November, 1916 with gunshot wounds to left wrist. Private Bradshaw was transferred to Ambulance Train on 24th November, 1916 & admitted to 5th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 25th November, 1916. He embarked for England on Hospital Ship St George from Rouen on 2nd December, 1916.
He was admitted to 3rd West General Hospital, Cardiff, England on 3rd December, 1916 with gunshot wounds to left wrist/hand. He was transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, England on 22nd January, 1917.
Private Bradshaw was granted furlough on 21st February, 1917 to 8th March, 1917 & was then to report to Weymouth. His wound was healed but he had stiffness in his fingers which required massage.
On 8th March, 1917 Private Bradshaw was marched in to No. 2 Command Depot at Weymouth, Dorset. He was medically classified as B1 A4 (Fit for overseas training camp when dentally fit).
A Medical Board found on 20th March, 1917 that Private Douglas Gordon Bradshaw was temporarily unfit for General Service for more than 6 months but fit for home service.
He was medically classified P.B. (Permanent Base – medically unfit for field service) at No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth on 13th April, 1917.
Private Bradshaw was written up for an Offence at Monte Video on 16th April, 1917 – “Absent from Tattoo till 11.20 pm.” He was awarded 5 days Confined to Barracks.
On 24th January, 1918 Private Bradshaw was marched in to No. 4 Command Depot at Hurdcott, Wiltshire from No. 2 Command Depot, Weymouth.
He was marched out to Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire from No. 4 Command Depot, Hurdcott on 31st January, 1918.
Private Bradshaw was marched out from Overseas Training Brigade at Longbridge Deverill on 8th February, 1918 & marched in to 3rd Training Brigade at Codford, Wiltshire on 9th February, 1918. Private Bradshaw was on command at 5th Divisional Signalling School at Codford on 9th February, 1918.
He proceeded Overseas to France from 14th Training Battalion at Codford, via Folkestone on 17th May, 1918 to reinforce 60th Battalion.
On 19th May, 1918 Private Bradshaw was marched in to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Havre, France. He was marched out to his Unit on 24th May, 1918 & was taken on strength with reinforcements of 60th Battalion in the field on 13th June, 1918. He was transferred back & taken on strength with 58th Battalion on 23rd June, 1918.
Private Douglas Gordon Bradshaw was wounded in action (2nd Occasion) on 29th September, 1918. He was taken to 8th Australian Field Ambulance on 30th September, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to thigh. Private Bradshaw was transferred & admitted to 50th Casualty Clearing Station on 30th September, 1918. He was transferred to Ambulance Train 20 on 1st October, 1918 & admitted to 15th Australian General Hospital at Abbeville on 1st October, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to left leg. Private Bradshaw was transferred to England on Hospital Ship on 21st October, 1918.
He was admitted to Fort Pitt Military Hospital at Chatham, England on 21st October, 1918.
Private Douglas Gordon Bradshaw died at 6.00 am on 1st November, 1918 at Kingswood Park V.A.D. Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England from Septic Pneumonia.
He was buried in Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/tunbridge-wells.html
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