John BROOMHALL

BROOMHALL, John

    Service Number: 238
    Enlisted: 19 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1884
    Home Town: Kamarah, Narrandera, New South Wales
    Schooling: Public School, New South Wales
    Occupation: Journalist
    Died: Killed in Action, At sea on board HS Dongola, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 May 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, buried at sea Rev. P.W. Clarkson officiated Panel 36, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 238, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 238, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 238, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
    20 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion
    4 May 1915: Involvement Corporal, 238, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 238 awm_unit: 13 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-04

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Luther Frederick Broomhall and Josephine Johanna Broomhall nee Coffey of Sydney, NSW. Brother of Edward Barron Broomhall who returned to Australia having served with the Australian flying Corps and Cedric Broomhall

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

    A keen sportsman being especially interested in cycling

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