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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
BRASHAW, JOSEPH ARTHUR, Captain, 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, 3rd son of Harry Brashaw, of Perth and Dudley House Farm, Kwelkam, Kununoppin, West Australia, by his wife, Sebra, daughter of John White, of Coventry, and nephew of Joseph White, of The Woodlands, Cowper Road, Bournemouth; b. Woalingham, New South Wales, 1891; educated Bunbury, West Australia; joined the forces as a cadet when 17 years of age, and was later transferred to the Militia. He worked his way up through the ranks and received his lieutenancy in 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was sent to Melbourne to assist in training the New Forces. Here he contracted typhoid fever, and returned to West Australia, leaving for the front in charge of reinforcements for the 16th Battalion He arrived in time to take part in the historic landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was subsequently wounded during the heavy fighting on 17 May. When convalescent he was given the opportunity of being invalided to England as his foot had not fully recovered, but pleaded to be allowed to rejoin his unit, and returned to duty on 17 July, being gazetted Captain on the 29th. Nine days later, on 7 Aug. 1915, he was killed in action at Suvla Bay; unmarried.
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
BRASHAW, JOSEPH ARTHUR, Captain, 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, 3rd son of Harry Brashaw, of Perth and Dudley House Farm, Kwelkam, Kununoppin, West Australia, by his wife, Sebra, daughter of John White, of Coventry, and nephew of Joseph White, of The Woodlands, Cowper Road, Bournemouth; b. Woalingham, New South Wales, 1891; educated Bunbury, West Australia; joined the forces as a cadet when 17 years of age, and was later transferred to the Militia. He worked his way up through the ranks and received his lieutenancy in 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was sent to Melbourne to assist in training the New Forces. Here he contracted typhoid fever, and returned to West Australia, leaving for the front in charge of reinforcements for the 16th Battalion He arrived in time to take part in the historic landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was subsequently wounded during the heavy fighting on 17 May. When convalescent he was given the opportunity of being invalided to England as his foot had not fully recovered, but pleaded to be allowed to rejoin his unit, and returned to duty on 17 July, being gazetted Captain on the 29th. Nine days later, on 7 Aug. 1915, he was killed in action at Suvla Bay; unmarried.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
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Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
BRASHAW, JOSEPH ARTHUR, Captain, 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, 3rd son of Harry Brashaw, of Perth and Dudley House Farm, Kwelkam, Kununoppin, West Australia, by his wife, Sebra, daughter of John White, of Coventry, and nephew of Joseph White, of The Woodlands, Cowper Road, Bournemouth; b. Woalingham, New South Wales, 1891; educated Bunbury, West Australia; joined the forces as a cadet when 17 years of age, and was later transferred to the Militia. He worked his way up through the ranks and received his lieutenancy in 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was sent to Melbourne to assist in training the New Forces. Here he contracted typhoid fever, and returned to West Australia, leaving for the front in charge of reinforcements for the 16th Battalion He arrived in time to take part in the historic landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was subsequently wounded during the heavy fighting on 17 May. When convalescent he was given the opportunity of being invalided to England as his foot had not fully recovered, but pleaded to be allowed to rejoin his unit, and returned to duty on 17 July, being gazetted Captain on the 29th. Nine days later, on 7 Aug. 1915, he was killed in action at Suvla Bay; unmarried.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Extract from The Roll of Honour, A Biographical record of all members of His Majesty's Naval and Military Forces who have fallen in the War, by the Marquis de Ruvigny, Volume I., The Standard Art Book Company, Ltd, December, 1916:
BRASHAW, JOSEPH ARTHUR, Captain, 16th Battalion Australian Imperial Force, 3rd son of Harry Brashaw, of Perth and Dudley House Farm, Kwelkam, Kununoppin, West Australia, by his wife, Sebra, daughter of John White, of Coventry, and nephew of Joseph White, of The Woodlands, Cowper Road, Bournemouth; b. Woalingham, New South Wales, 1891; educated Bunbury, West Australia; joined the forces as a cadet when 17 years of age, and was later transferred to the Militia. He worked his way up through the ranks and received his lieutenancy in 1913. On the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial Service, and was sent to Melbourne to assist in training the New Forces. Here he contracted typhoid fever, and returned to West Australia, leaving for the front in charge of reinforcements for the 16th Battalion He arrived in time to take part in the historic landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was subsequently wounded during the heavy fighting on 17 May. When convalescent he was given the opportunity of being invalided to England as his foot had not fully recovered, but pleaded to be allowed to rejoin his unit, and returned to duty on 17 July, being gazetted Captain on the 29th. Nine days later, on 7 Aug. 1915, he was killed in action at Suvla Bay; unmarried.
Contributor: A Fifer in Exile (49902043)
Gravesite Details
Captain, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 23.
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