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BROADBENT, Harry Franklin

Service Number:	592
Enlisted:	10 March 1915, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	2nd Division Signals
Born:	Franklin Harbour, South Australia, 10 September 1895
Home Town:	Dowerin, Dowerin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	By his own hand, Evanston, Western Australia, 12 April 1941, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Southern Cross Christ Church Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

10 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 592, 28th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 592, 28th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A11' Ascanius from Fremantle --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
3 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion
24 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Division Signals
1 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Division Signals
31 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal
10 Jun 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 592, 2nd Division Signals, Returned on HMAT 'A68' Anchises arriving Fremantle 7th April 1919

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