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Unit 8th Australian Light Horse Rank Trooper Service no. 311
Date of Death 7 August 1915 Place of Death Lone Pine

Age

 20
Cemetery Lone Pine Memorial Details Panel 6
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Next of Kin (Mother) CAKEBREAD Ada
Parents Alexander Morton and Ada Eliza CAKEBREAD 14 Murray St, Elsternwick VIC
Date of Birth 1895 Place of birth VIC Coburg Source VIC BD&M
           
General

During World War 1, it was standard Army procedure to issue all medals due to deceased soldiers to the “nearest living relative”.  Mrs Ada Cakebread had been named as Morton Alfred Cakebread’s next of kin, and all correspondence had been with her.  In September 1920, she was asked if there were any “nearer blood relations to the deceased, than herself”.  Cakebread’s father, Alexander, responded on 24 September 1920, saying “I fail to see how anyone could be more closely related than a mother.”  He then stated that he was willing to forgo any claims that he may have had on the medals, to his wife.  The medals were issues to Cakebread’s father.

Army Service papers, National Archives of Australia (Source 8)

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The Australasian newspaper, 2 October 1915, page vi (source 31)
Photo The Age newspaper, 6 October 1915, page 12 (source 44)
Photo The Argus newspaper, 28 September 1915, page 5 (source 42)
Newspaper article The Argus Newspaper, 1 September 1915, page 1 (source 42)
Newspaper article The Argus Newspaper, 17 September 1915, page 6 (source 42)
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Headstone http://www.anzacs.net (source 12)
Notes Army Service papers, National Archives of Australia (Source 8)
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