Photo: Brian Chandler
A. Breheny
Leinster Regiment
28th May 1919, age 33.
His end was peace.
Augustus was born in Roscommon, Ireland in the 3rd quarter of 1886. He was the son of James and Bridget of Roscommon and husband of Isabella of 4 Frank Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Augustus served with the 2nd Battalion, enlisting on 11 January 1906 and was discharged on 10 February 1919 suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
The name of Augustus Breheny does not appear on a local north-east memorial.