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BROMLEY, John Henry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 380 |
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Enlisted: | 15 August 1914, Prahran, Vic. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 9 November 1894 |
Home Town: | South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Hawksburn State School No 1467, Victoria, Australia |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 4 May 1915, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot I, Row A, Grave 16 In loving memory of our dear son and brother/Our hero at rest. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, St Martins Hawksburn HB |
Service History
World War 1 Service
15 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 380, 5th Infantry Battalion, Prahran, Vic. | |
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21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 380, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 380, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
5 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 380, 5th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria, Egypt per A12 Nevian, for the Gallipoli peninsula. | |
25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 380, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, ANZAC landing, 2nd wave. His landing boat was sunk, so he and Private Alexander swam ashore. | |
4 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 380, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, While taking observations at Gaba Tele, received a sniper's bullet, lived for about an hour. Private G.L.Mouldey wrote of his final words "Tell Mother I did my duty." |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of William and Ellen Christina BROMLEY, 73 Perth Street, Prahran, Victoria.