Brabazon Newcomen CASEMENT

CASEMENT, Brabazon Newcomen

Service Number: QX5010
Enlisted: 22 October 1939, Gympie, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
Born: Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1908
Home Town: Gunalda, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland
Schooling: Barker College
Occupation: Farm Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Egypt, 20 March 1941, aged 32 years
Cemetery: Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt
Ref: 22 A 6
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gympie WW2
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, QX5010
22 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX5010, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, Gympie, Queensland
22 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX5010, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion
5 May 1940: Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX5010, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion, HMT Scott (X4)
20 Mar 1941: Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, QX5010, 2nd/9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Brabazon Newcomen CASEMENT was born on 18th December, 1908 in Kempsey, New South Wales

His parents were Brabazon CASEMENT & Islet SCOTT

He married Margaret Isabel (Bonnie) BALDWIN on 1st December, 1939 in Queensland - one daughter Wendy

He embarked with the 2nd/ 9th Infantry Battalion on 5th May, 1940 on the HMT Scott which left from Sydney

Brabazon was Killed in Action in Egypt on 20th March, 1941 and is buried in the Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery in Sollum, Egypt - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the Roll of Honour in Kempsey, NSW 

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