BROKENSHIRE, Harry
| Service Number: | 5000 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonta, South Australia, 6 November 1899 |
| Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Moonta High School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Assistant Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 13 September 1918, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy Plot V, Row B, Grave 12 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Moonta All Saint's Anglican Church Memorial Honour Roll, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta Star of Moonta U.A.O.D. No. 66 Roll of Honor, Moonta War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5000, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: |
Embarked
AIF WW1, Private, 5000, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' |
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| 26 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Sep 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 5000, 50th Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5000 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-13 |
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Harry BROKENSHIRE was born on 6th December, 1899 in Moonta, South Australia
His parents were Nicholas George BROKENSHIRE and Catherine Carthew MINERS
He had 4 years previous service in the senior cadets and was still serving when he enlisted on 6th July 1917 with the Australian Army - he was with the 32nd Battalion, 14th reinforcements - Unit embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Ulysses on 22nd December, 1917 -After arriving in France in late May, 1918 he transferred to the 50th Battalion
Harry was Killed In Action on 13th September, 1918 In the Field in France during the allied advance to the Hindenburg line and is buried in Vadencourt British Cemetery, France - hs is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial and a Memorial plaque at Moonta Cemetery - he was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal
His brother William James ( 10th Battalion) was also killed in action at Lone Pine , Gallipoli on 6th August, 1915 and another brother Percy (50th Battalion) returned to Australia in June 1919
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The Advertiser, Adelaide 28th October 1918
Private Harry Brokenshire of the 50th Battalion, youngest son of Mrs. N. G. Brokenshire of Moonta was killed in action in France on Sept. 18. He was two months short of his 19th birthday and he left Adelaide for the front on December last. An older brother Will was killed on Gallipoli in August 1915 and another brother Sergeant Percy Brokenshire also of the 50th Battalion and one of the original Anzacs is still at the front. Private Brokenshire was greatly respected in Moonta.
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