Arthur Clarence BROMHALL

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BROMHALL, Arthur Clarence

Service Number:	7199
Enlisted:	28 October 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hughenden, Queensland, Australia, 24 January 1894
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 23 August 1918, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot C, Row 3, Grave No 19., Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

28 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7199, 9th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
24 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 7199, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
24 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 7199, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney

Arthur Clarence Bromhall

Arthur Clarence Bromhall was born to Charles William Bromhall and his second wife Clarissa Anne (White). Charles’ first wife Mary Madeline Carney having died in 1877. Arthur was the youngest of Charles and Clarissa’s seven children – George Frederick (1881), Lewis Charles (1882), Clarissa Henrietta (1885), Alice Janie (1887), Walter Ernest (1889), Gertrude Sophia (1890) and Arthur Clarence (1894). His father was a miner and in the 1915 Electoral Roll they were living in Charters Towers.

Arthur’s older brother, Lewis Charles Bromhall, embarked on the RMS Rangatira on 25 September 1914 but returned to Australia on 19 March 1915 injured and was discharged from the Army. Lewis had previously served in the Boer War in South Africa.

On his enlistment in Cairns, Arthur’s age was 22 years 9 months, occupation a Bank Clerk, his next of kin his father William Clarence Bromhall, Millchester Rd, Charters Towers. This was later changed to ‘deceased’ and next of kin changed to eldest brother Mr G F Bromhall C/- Q.N.Bank Wondai, Qld. He was 5 feet 6 inches in height, weighed 130 pounds with a fair complexion, grey eyes and light brown hair. He was Church of England. He also served in the Senior Cadets. Arthur attended the Queenton State School. His cousin, George A White. was serving in the armed forces.

Charles embarked from Sydney on 24 January 1917 on the HMAT Ayrshire as a Private in the 9 Infantry Battalion. He arrived in England and proceeded to France where he was hospitalised a number of times with illness and frostbite. He rejoined his battalion for the final time on 13 August 1918 and was killed in action 10 days later. He was buried at Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society.

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