Lewis John BROAD

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Service Number:	5356
Enlisted:	12 January 1916
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Mingenew, Western Australia, 2 August 1894
Home Town:	Mingenew, Mingenew, Western Australia
Schooling:	Educated at home
Occupation:	Farmer & Stock Owner
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dongara War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Mingenew Honour Roll, Mingenew Upper Irwin Roads Board District Roll of Honor WW1, Mingenew War Memorial, Walkaway Irwin and Greenough and Districts Roll of Honor

12 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5356
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5356, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5356, 11th Infantry Battalion
6 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 11th Infantry Battalion
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 5356, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5356 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-09-20

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