BROUGHTON, Travers Robert Rhys
| Service Number: | 32 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 September 1914, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Vic., 1885 |
| Home Town: | Hughenden, Flinders, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Public School |
| Occupation: | Auctioneer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli IV B 2, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hughenden R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Roll of Honour, Hughenden War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 32, 17th Infantry Battalion, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Driver, 32, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Driver, 32, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 29 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 32, ANZAC / Gallipoli |
OBITUARY
Broughton, Travers Robert Rhys (1885–1915)
from Tamworth Daily Observer (NSW)
The news has been received in Tamworth of the death of Private Travers Broughton, who has been killed in action at the Dardanelles. He was a member of the transport section of the 15th Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade. Deceased was 30 years of age and the fourth son of the late Mr. H. B. Broughton of Hay, and Mrs. Broughton, of Wolsley Road, Point Piper, and brother of Mr. F. R. Broughton, of Tamworth. He was well-known in Tamworth, Gunnedah, and Barraba districts, having at one time been connected with the late firm of Messrs. Lowcock, Broughton and King. Leaving these parts he went to Queensland, and was for some time manager of the Charleville branch office of the well-known Queensland firm of stock and station agents, Messrs. McPhie and Co., of Toowoomba.
Submitted 29 May 2018 by Elizabeth Allen
Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Travers Robert Rhys BROUGHTON was born in 1885 in Melbourne, Victoria
His parents were Henry Bingham BROUGHTON and Elizabeth Ann Rhys JONES who married on 28th December, 1869 in Taemas, NSW - they had 6 known sons & 3 daughters
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Two of his brothers also served in WW1
1. Theodore Hamlyn Rhys BROUGHTON (SN3183) returned to Australia 1919
2. David Blakeney Rhys BROUGHTON (SN240) Lieutenant (MC) returned 1918
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