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BROOMFIELD, William John Stuart

Service Number:	614
Enlisted:	16 September 1916, Place of Enlistment, Cloncurry, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Mount Albin, Queensland, Australia, 11 March 1892
Home Town:	Cloncurry, Cloncurry, Queensland
Schooling:	Clermont State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 26.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

16 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 614, 13th Machine Gun Company, Place of Enlistment, Cloncurry, Queensland.
14 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 614, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
14 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 614, 13th Machine Gun Company, RMS Osterley, Melbourne
29 Jun 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Machine Gun Battalion
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 614, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 614 awm_unit: 4th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-08

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