~~~BRANFORD, James Alfred_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Parents…… Elijah Branford and Elizabeth Anne Denman married 12th Jun 1884 in Port Pirie, S.A.
Australian Imperial Force Number……1125, (16th Battalion, G Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Civil employ......Labourer
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Elijah Branford, Emma Street, Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF......16th September 1914 in Morphetteville, South Australia.
Age on enlistment...... 23 years and 9 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private/Driver.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Final Posting......11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF.
Fate......Driver James Alfred Branford, died as a result of accident on Sunday,7th July 1918. He was resting in his tent when an out-of-control cook's wagon crashed into and overturned on the his tent fatally injuring him.
Dedicated War Cemetery...... Vignacourt British Cemetry (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 12), France
Commemorated......Panel number 16, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated...... Adelaide National War Memorial, South Australia.
Commemorated...... Cenotaph, Port Pirie Cemetery, Port Pirie, South Australia,.
Parents…… Elijah Branford and Elizabeth Anne Denman married 12th Jun 1884 in Port Pirie, S.A.
Australian Imperial Force Number……1125, (16th Battalion, G Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Civil employ......Labourer
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Elijah Branford, Emma Street, Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF......16th September 1914 in Morphetteville, South Australia.
Age on enlistment...... 23 years and 9 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private/Driver.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Final Posting......11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF.
Fate......Driver James Alfred Branford, died as a result of accident on Sunday,7th July 1918. He was resting in his tent when an out-of-control cook's wagon crashed into and overturned on the his tent fatally injuring him.
Dedicated War Cemetery...... Vignacourt British Cemetry (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 12), France
Commemorated......Panel number 16, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated...... Adelaide National War Memorial, South Australia.
Commemorated...... Cenotaph, Port Pirie Cemetery, Port Pirie, South Australia,.
~~~BRANFORD, James Alfred_Australian Imperial Force_ AIF_The Great War. (Service).~~~
Parents…… Elijah Branford and Elizabeth Anne Denman married 12th Jun 1884 in Port Pirie, S.A.
Australian Imperial Force Number……1125, (16th Battalion, G Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Civil employ......Labourer
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Elijah Branford, Emma Street, Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF......16th September 1914 in Morphetteville, South Australia.
Age on enlistment...... 23 years and 9 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private/Driver.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Final Posting......11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF.
Fate......Driver James Alfred Branford, died as a result of accident on Sunday,7th July 1918. He was resting in his tent when an out-of-control cook's wagon crashed into and overturned on the his tent fatally injuring him.
Dedicated War Cemetery...... Vignacourt British Cemetry (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 12), France
Commemorated......Panel number 16, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated...... Adelaide National War Memorial, South Australia.
Commemorated...... Cenotaph, Port Pirie Cemetery, Port Pirie, South Australia,.
Parents…… Elijah Branford and Elizabeth Anne Denman married 12th Jun 1884 in Port Pirie, S.A.
Australian Imperial Force Number……1125, (16th Battalion, G Company).
Religion...... Church of England
Education......Solomontown Public School, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Civil employ......Labourer
Marital status...... Single
Next of kin...... Father, Mr Elijah Branford, Emma Street, Solomontown, Port Pirie, South Australia.
Attested into AIF......16th September 1914 in Morphetteville, South Australia.
Age on enlistment...... 23 years and 9 months.
Affirmed Rank on enlistment/death...... Private/Driver.
Embarked from......Melbourne, Victoria, aboard HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914.
Final Posting......11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, AIF.
Fate......Driver James Alfred Branford, died as a result of accident on Sunday,7th July 1918. He was resting in his tent when an out-of-control cook's wagon crashed into and overturned on the his tent fatally injuring him.
Dedicated War Cemetery...... Vignacourt British Cemetry (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 12), France
Commemorated......Panel number 16, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial.
Commemorated...... Adelaide National War Memorial, South Australia.
Commemorated...... Cenotaph, Port Pirie Cemetery, Port Pirie, South Australia,.
Inscription
(AUSTRALIAN RISING SUN EMBLEM)
1125 DRIVER
A. J. BRANFORD
AUST. FIELD ARTILLERY
7TH JULY 1918
(Battlefield Cross Symbol)
"HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD
AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT
SHINE UPON HIM"
Gravesite Details
Driver James Alfred Branford, 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, #1125.
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