Frederick William Breedon

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

430959

Unit at enlistment:

48th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Prisoner of war:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Grace Anglican Church

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Carleton

Birth city:

Ottawa, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Victoria, British Columbia

Next of kin address:

156 Brant Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Clerk

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

Prisoner of war

BX June 30, 1916

Private Frederick William Breedon Reported Missing in Action

Private Frederick William Breedon, one of Brantford’s best known and popular young men, has been killed in action according to a late casualty list today. Although the casualty list states “killed in action,” relatives received word yesterday that he was missing. Pte. Breedon is the deceased son of the late Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Breedon. He attended school here and then went into a bank and has been away from Brantford for several years. While here he was most popular and held by all in the highest esteem. He is a brother of Jack Breedon formerly very popular in sporting circles here, and now with the Royal Canadian Infantry at Halifax. Mrs. William Neman is a sister of Pte. Breedon. He enlisted with the Mounted Rifles.

BX July 13, 1916

Pte. Frederick William Breedon is Hun Prisoner – Previously Had Been Reported as Missing and as Killed

Pte. Frederick Breedon of Brantford has not been killed in action, as was recently reported in the official casualty lists. Fred Breedon is with the 4th C.M.R., and some time ago it was reported that he was missing. Then a few days later his name was in the lists as having been killed. This morning however, more encouraging news was received by his sister, Mrs. W.F. (Major) Newman that he was alive, but a prisoner of war in Germany. The word came by cable from England.

BX July 14, 1916

Is At Giessen

The casualty lists this morning contain the name of Pte. Fred Breedon, who was reported in yesterday’s Expositor as a prisoner of war. The list states that he is stationed at Giessen.

BX December 20, 1918

Repatriated

In the list of casualties issued this morning from Ottawa, Henry Miller, Brantford, and Frederick William Breedon, Brantford, are among the prisoners of war reported as repatriated.

BX February 27, 1919

War Prisoner Has Returned – Pte. Frederick William Breedon was a Year and Half in German Prison

Private Frederick Breedon has returned from overseas and is in the city today, after having spent a year and a half in the German prison camp at Giessen, Pte. Breedon enlisted in the West, where he was living at the time of enlistment. He was reported killed in action on June 30, 1916 and on July of the same year he was officially reported a prisoner of war in Germany, and was only recently repatriated. Pte. Breedon appears to be in the best of health although only very sparingly fed for the past year and a half. The poor conditions of the camp, as is the rule rather than the exception in Germany, also told on him, but he is in the best of spirits as usual.