BROPHET, George Rennie
| Service Number: | 3912 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter/Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 September 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3912, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3912, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3912, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres |
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"A fitter of Queenstown, Tas, Brophet enlisted as a Pte on 19 August 1915. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT RMS Orontes on 24 November 1915 with the 12th Reinforcements of the 12th Battalion. Pte Brophet was transferred to the 1st Pioneer Battalion on 25 May 1916 and was promoted first to Lance Corporal on 26 October 1916, and then to Corporal (Cpl) on 25 May 1917. Cpl Brophet was killed in action on 30 September 1917, aged 25, and is buried at Belgain Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.gravesoftas.com.au)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. Feb 1918 Mrs R. Brophet, of Macnamara street, Queenstown,Tasmania recently received the following very interesting letter from France concerning the death of her son, Corporal G. Brophet. The letter, which speaks for itself, was as follows —
Dear Mrs Brophet,— This is one of the saddest duties which falls to our lot for, to write to loved ones of a comrade who has made the supreme sacrifice is not easy. By now you will have heard the sad news of the death of your son in action. His death was mercifully instantaneous, and he died as you would have wished, on duty pushing forward a road to the front lines over a shell swept area. He was one of our finest non-commissioned officers, never swerving from the high level of duty he had set himself, preserving before the men in the face of great danger a studied calmness which was both an example and an inspiration to those under him. In every sense of the word, he was a big man, a man's man, and at his graveside, when in the drizzling rain his company paid their last respects to his glorious memory, there was scarcely a dry eye as the Chaplin read the impressive service for the burial of the dead. He was buried by Captain Blackwood, 3rd Brigade Chaplain, and over his resting place we have erected a white cross, telling his name and his deeds. To offer sympathy is rather futile, but we hope that even in the bitterness of your grief you will not forget the noble part he has played, sacrificing himself even as our Lord did for the good of mankind. Believe us, non-commissioned officers of 'A' Co., yours sincerely — Russel F. Hodge, C.S.M.; W. H. Wilce, C.Q.M.S.: J. M. Wickins, sergeant; T. W. Earn-shaw, sergeant; BI. E. Broughton, sergeant; J. D. Edward, corporal. V. P. Brown, corporal ; D. Jetson, cor poral; W. E. Price, Corporal; W. Sweet, L.-Corporal; F. A. Kerr, L. Corporal; G. A. Schmeider, corporal; F. S. Heard, corporal; D. T
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