Bertram Benjamin BLOOMFIELD

BLOOMFIELD, Bertram Benjamin

Service Number: 589
Enlisted: 14 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion
Born: St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1877
Home Town: Collingwood, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria
Occupation: Typist
Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 21 July 1916
Cemetery: VC Corner Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France
Addenda Panel No known grave, VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

14 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 589, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
9 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 589, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 589, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
21 Jul 1916: Involvement Corporal, 589, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 589 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-21

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Benjamin and Mary Bllomfield; husband of Victoria May Bloomfield of 27 Victoria Parade, Collingswood, Victoria; father of Eric G. Bloomfield

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Bertram Benjamin Bloomfield who was killed in action on 21st July 1916 at Fleurbaix in France was the son of Mr. Benjamin James Bloomfield.  He was born in 1876 and entered the School in 1891 and left in 1892.  After leaving School he was in business in Melbourne, and enlisted on 7th July 1915.  He left Melbourne in the following November in the 31st Battalion, and after about seven months in Egypt was sent to France.  He had been promoted Corporal, and was doing good work.  He lost his life in the first action in which the Australians took part in France.

War Services Old Melburnians 1914 - 1918

 

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