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BROTHERTON, Herbert James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 17 |
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Enlisted: | 9 January 1916, Bombala, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bombala, New South Wales, Australia, 21 May 1894 |
Home Town: | Bombala, Bombala, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Bombala Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 October 1916, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bombala War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
9 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17, Bombala, New South Wales | |
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18 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 17, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
18 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 17, 3rd Division Cyclist Company, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
2 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
29 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 17, 1st Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-10-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Herbert James BROTHERTON was born in Bombala, NSW on 21st May, 1894
His parents were William Henry BROTHERTON & Mary Jane YELDS who married in Bombala on 28th June 1886