BROGAN, James
| Service Number: | 1887 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 April 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Spalding, South Australia, 20 July 1892 |
| Home Town: | Spalding, Northern Areas, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Sisters of St Jospeh School, Gladstone |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 3 May 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hilltown War Memorial, Spalding Honour Roll WW1, Spalding War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1887, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1887, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, embarkation_roll: roll_number: 19 embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1887, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1887, 48th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France) |
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Parents Father John Brogan and Mary Brogan (nee O'Brien) - Spalding, South Australia.
Described as 23 years 6 months old; single; 5' 11 1/2" tall; 136 lbs; fresh complexion;
blue eyes; dark brown hair; Roman Catholic
6/4/1916 Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia
10/4/1916 Commanding Officer appointed James to A Company, 2nd Depot Battalion
in Adelaide
13/7/1916 Embarked from Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide on board HMAT Seang Bee A48
as a Private with 48th Infantry Battalion, 6th reinforcements
9/9/1916 disembarked at Plymouth, England
10/9/1916 Taken on strength of 12th Training Battalion, from overseas
4/12/1916 Taken on strength 48th Battalion, from reinforcements
22/12/1916 sick to hospital
25/12/1916 admitted with mumps, to convalescent depot, Rouen, France
11/1/1917 sick with influenza
16/1/1917 to Base Depot, France
27/1/1917 rejoined unit
28/3/1917 to hospital sick
2/4/1917 apendicitis, Rouen, France
30/4/1917 rejoined unit from being wounded
16/10/1917 admitted to No.2 Casualty Clearing Station - Jaundice
24/11/1917 transferred to 2nd General Hospital
4/12/1917 transferred to England
1/2/1918 proceeded overseas to France
ex overseas Training Brigade, Deverill, ex Southampton
9/2/1918 rejoined battalion
3/5/1918 reported missing,
later confirmed killed in action - by court of enquiry held in the field
buried in: No known grave
His name is commemorated at the Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux,
Picardie, France.
His name is located at panel 145 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial,
Canberra, ACT.
Medals:
British War medal (43758); Victory medal (43274); Memorial Plaque and
Memorial Scroll (355102)
Portrait courtesy of Clare Regional History Group Inc.
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 18 June 2014. Lest we forget.
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