Morton Cakebread
Name Morton Cakebread
Number Trooper 311
Battalion 8th Light Horse
Place of Birth Coburg
Next of Kin His mother. Mrs. A Cakebread 1 Gordon St Elsternwick
Date and place of enlistment Broadmeadows 10/2/1915
Physical details on enlistment Age 19 years 9 months. 5’6”, 9 stone 8 pounds, hazel eyes and brown hair
Religion Church of England
Occupation Boundary rider
Date and place of death
He was killed on 7/8/1915 at the attack on the Nek, Gallipoli
Location of grave or memorial
He is remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
He was a boundary rider who worked in the area
Military History
- He attended Elsternwick State School
- 10/2/15 He enlisted in Broadmeadows
- 25/2/15 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Star of Victoria
- 16/5/1915 He embarked for Gallipoli from Alexandria
- 7/8/15 He is killed in the action at The Nek
- His medals were given to his mother in 1920s
- His effects consisted of a wallet, letters, spurs, Egyptian wall hanging, testament, handkerchief
- Mrs. Ada Cakebread was granted a pension of 26 pounds per annum
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