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  • Pregnant war widow Breeanna Till left penniless

    09/26/2009 10:37:42 PM PDT · by myknowledge · 27 replies · 2,448+ views
    The Daily Telegraph ^ | September 26, 2009 | Nick Leys
    SIX months after her husband was killed fighting in Afghanistan, Breeanna Till is broke - let down by the government that promised solemnly to look after her. Heavily pregnant with the child Sergeant Brett Till will never know, the Sydney widow fears becoming like "a single mum on the dole" when she gives birth in a few weeks. The $905 weekly pay her husband brought home lasted just a fortnight after he died in a roadside bomb explosion. In its place, the military gave Mrs Till a compensation payment of just $305 a week. Sgt Till, 31, was a much-respected...