Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Corporal H. Breakspeare, 18th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, who was killed in action at the Battle of Mont-St. Quentin on 31 August 1918
1914-15 Star (352 Pte. H. Breakspeare. 18/Bn A.I.F.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (352 Cpl. H. Breakspeare. 18. Bn. A.I.F.); Memorial Plaque (Harry Breakspeare) good very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (203324 Pte. W. Breakspeare. Manch. R.) very fine (4) £140-£180

Harry Breakspeare was born in Oldham, Lancashire, and having emigrated to Australia attested for the Australian Imperial Force at Sydney, New South Wales, on 28 February 1915. He embarked with the 18th Battalion on 25 June 1915, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 31 August 1918, during the Battle of Mont-St. Quentin, and is buried in Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France.