Bernard Francis BROPHY

BROPHY, Bernard Francis

Service Number: VX82153
Enlisted: 14 August 1942, Watsonia, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Kilmore East, Victoria, Australia, 11 July 1917
Home Town: Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 2 October 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
Plot U, Row C, Grave 8 Roll of Honour Coburg, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX82153, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
14 Aug 1942: Enlisted Watsonia, Victoria, Australia
14 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX82153, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion

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Biography

2/43 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Thomas Patrick and Alice Eileen Brophy, of Coburg, Victoria