Australian Army Veterinary Corps
Thomas Daniel BRESLIN
Driver
Died 1 November 1918 · Aged 30
His story
Thomas Daniel Breslin was associated with Port Melbourne and served as a driver with the 8th Australian Mobile Veterinary Section. He died from malaria at Damascus on 1 November 1918, aged thirty, and was buried in Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery.
Before the war
- Nationality
- Australian
- Date of birth
- c. 1888
- Place of birth
- Melbourne, Victoria (AIF project)
- Residence recorded
- 173 Brighton Street, Richmond, Victoria (AIF address and sister’s next-of-kin address); Port Melbourne school/association
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Driver
- Service number
- 218
- Corps or service
- Australian Army Veterinary Corps
- Unit
- 8th Australian Mobile Veterinary Section
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 1 November 1918
- Age
- 30
- Place of death
- Damascus
- Recorded cause
- Malaria
- Cemetery or memorial
- Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery
Connected men
- Victor Albert HANELAlso buried at Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery
- Albert ISAACSONAlso buried at Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- UNSW AIF PROJECT — BRESLIN
- Australian War Memorial record
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Thomas Daniel Breslin”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/thomas_daniel_breslin/.
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