BROANDER, John Frithiof
| Service Number: | 4097 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1915, Lismore |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cowra, New South Wales, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Ballina, Ballina, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School |
| Occupation: | Cane Cutter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Alstonville War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wardell Public School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4097, 26th Infantry Battalion, Lismore | |
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| 28 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4097, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4097, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Brisbane | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4097, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
John Frithiof BROANDER was born in Cowra, NSW in 1876
His parents were Oscar Joseph BROANDER & Hanora Mary DUGGAN who married in NSW in 1870
He enlisted in Lismore on 14th September, 1915 & embarked with the 26th Infantry Battalion, 10th reinforcements on 28th March, 1916 on the HMAT Commonwealth
He was Killed in Action in France on 5th November, 1916 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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His brother Walter BROANDER also enlisted on 14th September, 1916 in Lismore with the 5th Depot Battalion as a Private - he served to 10th November, 1915 and was then discharged due to trachoma
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