George Becker BRODIE

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Service Number:	6481
Enlisted:	15 January 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Romsey, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Romsey, Macedon Ranges, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa War Memorial, Romsey Presbyterian Church Honour Roll, Romsey Soldiers Honor Roll, Romsey War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

15 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6481, 14th Infantry Battalion
2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6481, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6481, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne

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George Becker Brodie was born at Romsey, Victoria during 1892.

He was working as a carpenter when he enlisted in the AIF on 15th January 1915.

His next of kin was his Father, George Brodie of Romsey.

After training at Broadmeadows he left Australia as part of the 14th Battalion reenforcements on 2/10/1915 aboard the HMAT Nestor.

George was killed in action at Bullecourt on 11th April 1917. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial.