DE BOMFORD, Frederick Mervyn
| Service Number: | 25355 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | Campania, Tasmania, 3 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Burnie, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Queenstown State School |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Illness, Upper Burine, Tasmania, 15 July 1956, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wivenhoe General Cemetery, Burnie, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 25355, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 25355, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 25355, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jul 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Bombardier, 25355, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 3 May 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 20 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 25355, 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frederick Mervyn De BOMFORD was born on 3rd December, 1890 at Campania, Tasmania
His parents were Mervyn Charles De BOMFORD and Martha Matilda LUTTRELL who married on 3rd December, 1887 in Hobart, Tasmania
He enlisted in Claremont, Tasmania on 10th February, 1916 and embarked with the 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column, reinforcements 1 from Melbourne on the HMAT Baramba on 27th June, 1916
Frederick returned to Australia on the ship Raranga which left on 8th September, 1919 and arrived back in Australia in October 1919 - he was discharged on 20th December, 1919 due to demobilization
On 24th April, 1923 he married Dulcma Annie PAGE at St George Church in Burnie, Tasmania
He died on 15th July, 1956 at Upper Burnie, Tasmania and is buried in Wivenhoe General Cemetery
Medals: British War Medal & Victory Medal
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