David Edward BROMLEY

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Service Number:	4987
Enlisted:	6 March 1916, Perth Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yatheroo, Western Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 14 June 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gosnells War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

6 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth Western Australia
18 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4987, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
18 Jul 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4987, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle
Date unknown:	Involvement 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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28 Battalion

Rank - Private

9 September 1916 Disembarked Suez

2 November 1916 Boarded SS Henrietta at Folkestone for overseas

18 November 1916 Taken on strength

9 December 1916 Admitted to hospital - bronchitis

13 January 1917 Rejoined unit

19 June 1917 Admitted to hospital - Trench fever

1 September 1917 Rejoined unit

20 September 1917 wounded in action -severe gunshot wound to the hand

27 November 1917 Proceed to unit from hospital

23 February 1918 Rejoined Battalion from England

Husband of Mrs Louisa Margaret Maud Bromley, 59 Bronte Street, East Perth, Western Australia