Coming Soon.
BROOMHEAD, Edwin Norman
Personal Details
Service Number: | SX5729 |
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Enlisted: | 18 June 1940, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Glenelg, SA, 31 August 1910 |
Home Town: | Wayville, Unley, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | 5 November 1985, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia RSL Walls |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
18 Jun 1940: | Involvement Captain, SX5729 | |
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18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
18 Jun 1940: | Enlisted SX5729 | |
28 Dec 1944: | Discharged | |
28 Dec 1944: | Discharged SX5729 |
Personal Stories
Book
Broomhead was a POW in North Africa. He described his experiences in a book, entitled Barbed Wire in the Sunset (1944).
Submitted 14 December 2018 by Simon Lewis