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BROAD, Albert Chafen
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2260 |
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| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | FordingBridge, Hampshire, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
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World War 1 Service
| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2260, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2260, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2260, 58th Infantry Battalion, Was wounded 3 times in total and discharged Wounded in action (unknown) on 1917, returned to unit on 23.12.1917. Wounded in action (Gassed) on 14.03.1918, returned to unit on 16.03.1918. Wounded in action again (gun shot wound to head) 09.08.1918. admitted to line of communication hospital 10.08.1918. Then transferred to Ilford hospital, London, England 25.08.1918and discharged on 20.09.2018. Left England returning to Australia on 25.01.2019, reached Melbourne on 23.03.2019 and demobilised. |
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