BROPHET, George Rennie
| Service Number: | 3912 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, 12 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter/Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, Belgium, 29 September 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 7, Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3912, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3912, 12th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 3912, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Third Ypres |
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"A fitter of Queenstown, Tas, Brophet enlisted as a Pte on 19 August 1915. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT RMS Orontes on 24 November 1915 with the 12th Reinforcements of the 12th Battalion. Pte Brophet was transferred to the 1st Pioneer Battalion on 25 May 1916 and was promoted first to Lance Corporal on 26 October 1916, and then to Corporal (Cpl) on 25 May 1917. Cpl Brophet was killed in action on 30 September 1917, aged 25, and is buried at Belgain Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.gravesoftas.com.au)
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