Geoffrey George BROOME

Geoffrey George BROOME Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

BROOME, Geoffrey George

Service Number:	265
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 4 August 1896
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Rockhampton Grammar School
Occupation:	Apprentice electrician
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 18 May 1915, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gracemere Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company Honour Roll, Rockhampton Grammar School WWI Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 265, 15th Infantry Battalion, Mount Morgan, Queensland
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 265, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 265, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
18 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 265, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 265 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-18

Help us honour Geoffrey George Broome's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of William and Frances BROOME, Rockhampton, Queensland

Much sympathy has been expressed for Mr. and Mrs. W. Broome, Athelstane Range, Rockhampton, whose son, Private Geoffrey George Broome, has been killed in action in the Dardanelles operations. The deceased was only in his 19th year, and had passed both the junior and senior University examinations credit ably. A few months before he enlisted he accepted an appointment with the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company, and was studying to qualify for an electrical engineer when he volunteered for service.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia