BRAMWELL, William
| Service Number: | 4768 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clifton, Manchester, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Anns school |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Son of Mary Wolstenholme (formerly Bramwell), of 4, Rake Lane, Clifton, Manchester, England, and the late John Bramwell., Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Kalgoorlie Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4768, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4768, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4768, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4768 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-08 |
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William Bramwell born sometime in 1891 was born in Clifton, England. He was educated at St Anns School. He worked as a carpenter at Newtown Colliery. At an age of 20 he moved to Australia. He most likely lived in Richmond, South Australia. He worked in the mines when war broke out. He embarked to Fremantle and joined the 16th battalion and went on HMAT Ulysses A38 to Egypt. This battalion were full of veterans who had just fought in Gallipoli so there was a very big mixture of new comers and veterans in the battalion. In Egypt the Battalion turned into the 48th Battalion from the 16th, which reflected the origins of the 16th but had only those from Western Australian and South Australian. The New 48th battalion was transferred over the France to fight the battle of Pozieres. This would be series of actions elicited the greatest quantum of Australian sacrifice of any single campaign in Australia’s military history, with 25,000 casualties, 5,000 were killed. On the 5th of August 1916 William Bramwell was reported missing after an attack on the enemy trench. Later on the 8th August he was reported killed in action. An informant that was next to William said he suffered a shot to the ankle and bottom and must have been buried when they “went over”. His grave is in France at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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