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Corporal Sydney Breakspear

Commemorated at
Memorial Name
Commonwealth Bank of Australia First and Second World Wars Honour Rolls
Given name
Sydney
Family name
Breakspear
Gender
Male
Service number
486769/NX51241
Place of enlistment
Paddington, NSW
Conflicts
Second World War, 1939–45
Fate
Died of wounds (DOW)
Fate date
22 January 1942
Additional information
Place of birth
Tamworth, NSW
Religion
Church of England
Occupation
Bank officer
Marital status
Married
Next of kin
Mrs Honor Breakspear (wife)
Enlistment date
Wed, 26 June 1940
Embarkation details
Sailed from Sydney, disembarked in Singapore, then moved to Malaya
Rank on enlistment
Private
Rank from Nominal Roll
Corporal
Last held rank
Corporal
Unit on enlistment
2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion
Unit from Nominal Roll
2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion
Unit at time of death or end of service
2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion
Unit at embarkation
2/19 Australian Infantry Battalion
Service
Australian Army - Second Australian Imperial Force (2nd AIF)
Veteran Notes/Bio

Sydney Breakspear was born on 19 September 1912 in Tamworth NSW, the son of Charles Wearne and Winifred Florence Breakspear. In 1939, Sydney joined the Militia Forces, 30th Battalion, and in June 1940 he joined the 2/19 Infantry Battalion, AIF. He was posted overseas to Singapore and Malaya. While serving in Malaya, he was reported missing in action and presumed dead on 22 January 1942. 

Sydney was a bank officer at the Commonwealth Bank when he enlisted to serve his country. In 1940, he had married Honor Henderson.

Department of Veterans' Affairs, World War 2 Nominal Roll - Sydney Breakspear
National Archives of Australia - Service records, Sydney Breakspear

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Recorded by
Joan Cross