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Private William John Broderick (Service Nos:T22324/TX10186) served in the Militia for a year before enlisting in the ACMF on 29 March 1941 with 6 MD Supply Column. Private Broderick was in Campania, Tasmania on 22 July 1942 when he transferred to the AIF - graded Cook. Private Broderick served in Darwin NT in 1943, and was attached to 31 Supply Coy AASC at Discharge on 15 June 1945.

Born in Hobart, Tasmania in 1912, Bill was fourth of five children (and eldest son) of William James Broderick (b1875 in Buckland, Tasmania) and Mary Ann Brown (b1880 in Richmond, Tasmania). Both William and Mary were working in Buckland (William as a Labourer and Mary as a Domestic Servant) in 1906 when they married in Hobart. William and Mary settled in Hobart, where they raised their family and William worked as a Cell Inspector and Labourer (with the Electrolyte Zinc Coy).

Bill worked as a Line Press Machinist (Cox Kay Ltd) in Moonah before enlisting in the Army, and in 1943 in Hobart married Dorothy Rita Pears (b1920 in Hobart, Tasmania) - Dorothy was a Factory Worker. Following his Discharge, Bill and Dorothy settled in Moonah, where they raised their family and Bill worked as a Line Press Machinist (and Dorothy as a Factory Worker until the late 1940s). Bill and Dorothy retired to Redland Bay near Brisbane, QLD, where Bill died in 1990 and Dorothy in 2000.