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BRUMBY, William Christopher
Personal Details
Service Number: | 585 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Grimoldby/Conisholme, Lincolnshire, England, 1887 |
Home Town: | Sorrento, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Fleurbaix, France, 21 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France Panel 3, VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sorrento St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Sorrento War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 585, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
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9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 585, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1887 Brumby William Christopher Louth 7a 607
He was 29 and the son of William and Eliza Brumby, of Hedge Ends Farm, Grimoldby, Lincs, England
Grimoldby is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated 4 miles east from Louth.