John Gerald Breheny

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John was born on Tuesday, 17 May 1910 at Toowoomba, Queensland.^1,2 He was the son of John Leslie Breheny and Dora Fookes Reid. He presumably lived with his parents at Bridge Street, in Toowoomba, Queensland, in 1913.² John Gerald Breheny was also known as Jack.^3,2 He presumably lived with his parents in 1922.² He was a bank officer with the Bank of Australia from 1927 to 1950.^3,2 John lived in 1936 at Stanley, Tasmania.²

John Gerald Breheny began military service on Wednesday, 29 May 1940 at Perth, Tasmania, at age 30.^1,4 With the He was a Corporal with the 2/3 Machine Gun Battalion.⁴ Brothers John and Brian were both captured by the Japanese at the fall of Singapore and were part of the POW workforce on the infamous Burma Railway.^4,2 He was released from active duty on 10 January 1946.^1,4 John lived in 1954 at the Bridge Hotel, in Stanley, Tasmania.² He was a state parliamentarian from April 1951 to April 1972, and was Government Whip for three years.^4,2 He was Hi was a local councillor in Ulverstone, Tasmania, from 1976 to 1991 in 1976 at Ulverstone, Tasmania.⁵

John died on 11 February 2009 at Ulverstone, Tasmania, at age 98.² His body was interred at St. Andrew's Anglican at Perth, Tasmania.²