BLOOM, Louis Robert
| Service Number: | 201 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Prospector |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 27 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row E, Grave 3, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton Gallipoli Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 201, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 201, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 201, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Son of Philip and Janet Bloom of Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Next of kin later given as his sister Frances Janet Bloom of 33 Burnett Street, St Kilda, Victoria. Also brother of Charles Philip Bloom of Spit Road, Mosman, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal to his sister Frances Janet Bloom
Served a 5 year apprenticeship with Moss, White & Co. of Melbourne
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
Son of Philip and Janet Bloom of Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Next of kin later given as his sister Frances Janet Bloom of 33 Burnett Street, St Kilda, Victoria. Also brother of Charles Philip Bloom of Spit Road, Mosman, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal to his sister Frances Janet Bloom
Served a 5 year apprenticeship with Moss, White & Co. of Melbourne
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
Son of Philip and Janet Bloom of Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria. Next of kin later given as his sister Frances Janet Bloom of 33 Burnett Street, St Kilda, Victoria. Also brother of Charles Philip Bloom of Spit Road, Mosman, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal to his sister Frances Janet Bloom
Served a 5 year apprenticeship with Moss, White & Co. of Melbourne
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