BROMLEY, George James
| Service Numbers: | 366, 366A |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915, 4 years 16th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 30 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Cooks Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 15 July 1954, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-67. 40. |
| Memorials: | Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 366, 30th Infantry Battalion, 4 years 16th Infantry | |
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| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 366, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 366, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 8 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 366A, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
71 years ago today, on the Friday morning of the 16th July 1954, Lance Sergeant George James Bromley, 30th Battalion (Reg No- 366A), painter from Young Street, Carrington, New South Wales and 158 Bruce Street, Cooks Hill, N.S.W., father of four (Jack, Len, Patricia, Max), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 60. CATHOLIC 2-67. 40.
Born at Carrington, New South Wales on the 30th January 1894 to John Alfred, 3 times Mayor of Carrington, N.S.W., died 5.1.1931, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 67, buried at ANGLICAN 1-38. 41, from 99 Wilson Street, Carrington, N.S.W., and Annie Bromley nee Smith, died 18.9.1936, Carrington, N.S.W., age 65, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-38. 39, from 99 Wilson Street, Carrington, N.S.W.; husband of Kathleen Veronica Bromley nee Clarke, married 1920, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 30.4.1968, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 71, sleeping here, George enlisted on the 18th July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A72 Beltana on the 9th November 1915.
Disembarked Suez, Egypt 11.12.1915.
Admitted to hospital 25.8.1916 (fistula), 4.12.1917 (diphtheria).
Appointed Lance Sergeant 29.9.1918.
Granted leave to England from 28.10.1918 to 15.11.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 21.6.1919.
George arrived home on the 16th August 1919, being discharged on the 8th October 1919.
Mr. Bromley’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Carrington Football Club.
I have placed poppies at George’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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