Frederick John BROUGHTON

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BROUGHTON, Frederick John

Service Number:	722
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom, 1889
Home Town:	Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Locomotive Engine Cleaner (S.A.R.)
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915
Cemetery:	Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 14, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murray Bridge Hospital Memorial Gates, Tailem Bend Roll of Honor to Loco Employees Murray Bridge, Terowie Institute Honour Board

World War 1 Service

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 722, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 722, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 722, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

THE LATE PRIVATE F. J. BROUGHTON.

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA: 1889 - 1931) Thursday 24 June 1915
BUGLER F. J. BROUGHTON.
Bugler F. J. Broughton, who was killed in action, came to Australia about three years ago from Lewisham, London. He was about 25 years of age, and two of his brothers are fighting with the Dragoon Guards in France. Prior to leaving for the front he was employed as a cleaner in the Railway Department at Murray Bridge.

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA: 1895 - 1954) Saturday 26 June 1915
THE LATE PRIVATE F. J. BROUGHTON.
Private Fred. J. Broughton, whose death was reported on Saturday, was one of the first to volunteer from Murray Bridge. He was in the employ of the Railways Department there as spare fireman. He went there from Terowie, and had been at the station for 12 months when he enlisted. At Terowie he was instructor of the Westinghouse brake class, and an active member of the Enginemen, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association. He was a native of England, and had been four years in the State. In the old country he was a member of a volunteer corps, and was a noted trumpeter, having been placed second in the All-Comers' Trumpeter Competition. He was 26 years of age, and was one of four brothers serving with the colors. His father was an old military man.

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