BROADBENT, William Burleigh
| Service Number: | 30680 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 May 1916, Mount Gambier, SA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Ballarat, Vic., 25 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat School |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Elsternwick, Melbourne, Vic., 18 January 1952, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Garden of Remembrance 4 Family Niches Wall 13 Row 3 Niche 3 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 25 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 30680, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Mount Gambier, SA | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Driver, 30680, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Driver, 30680, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
WILLIAM BURLEIGH BROADBENT was born at Ballarat, Vie., on 25th February, 1891. His father was the late W. J. Broadbent, formerly manager of the Corowa Branch of the Bank of New South Wales. He was educated at Ballarat and entered the service of the Bank on 11th June, 1909, at the Fitzroy Branch. In 1910 he was transferred to W angaratta, and in 191 I to Lockhart, and later in the same year to Brocklesby as assistant. In that capacity he proceeded to Culcairn in 1912, and in 1913 to Mount Gambier, from which branch he enlisted on 23rd May, I 916. As gunner he sailed with the 11th Reinforcements of the 6th Brigade Field Artillery (Regimental No. 30680). On 13th February, 1918, he was promoted to the rank of bombardier and received his corporal's stripes three months later. When the great final advance of the Australians began in August, Corporal Broadbent had been sent to a Cadet Training School in England, where he was gazetted as first lieutenant on 3rd January, 1919.
Source Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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