William
Edward
Brotherton
Born in Rocky Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Edward George Brotherton
and Martha (Hyde) Brotherton
Brother of
Silas H Hyde [half], Vertie Herald Hyde [half], Hilda May Brotherton, Vera Alice (Brotherton) Donnelly, Joseph George Brotherton, Sarah Elizabeth Brotherton, John Henry Brotherton, Martha Jane (Brotherton) Thomas and Nena Irene Brotherton
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died
at age 20
in Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France
Profile last modified
| Created 17 May 2016
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William Brotherton is an Anzac who served in World War One.
William Brotherton was Killed in Action during World War I.
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Biography
William was born in 1898. William was the child of Edward George Brotherton and Martha Hyde. William passed away in 1918.
- Roll of Honour
- William Edward Brotherton
- Service number 7697
- Rank Private
- Unit 1st Australian Infantry Battalion
- Service Australian Imperial Force
- Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918
- Conflict Eligibility Date First World War, 1914-1921
- Date of Death 21 September 1918
- Place of Death France
- Cause of Death Died of wounds
- Age at Death 22
- Place of Association Merrylands, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Cemetery or Memorial Details La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne, Picardie, France
- Source AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army [1]
Private William Edward Brotherton and his unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 19 December 1917. [2]
Sources
- ↑ Service record
- ↑ William Edward BROTHERTON from the AIF PROJECT website first accessed online on the 1st of April, 2023.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
Berice (Yelds) Lawson
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A259374 [compare], Ancestry member kurrajong42
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~0.78%
Lorraine Aikman :
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~0.78%
Angelique (Blomfield) Clyde-Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member angelisk8
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~0.78%
Fiona (Chilcott) Sanders :
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Categories: La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Péronne, Somme | Merrylands, New South Wales | HMAT A38 Ulysses, Dec 1917 | Anzacs, World War I | 1914-1915 Star | 1st Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, World War I | British War Medal | Victory Medal | Killed in Action, Australia, World War I