William Ewart (Bill or Waggy) BROOM

BROOM, William Ewart

Service Number: Q28630
Enlisted: 4 September 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 9 June 1918
Home Town: Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Heart attack, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 11 March 1987, aged 68 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

4 Sep 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q28630, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF
17 Mar 1941: Involvement Private, Q28630
17 Mar 1941: Enlisted
7 Dec 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q28630, 61 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Ellen Lyne

From my recollection William Ewert Broom was a quiet man really even though he like to tell a joke and had a contagious laugh. As a child I remember him having a sadness about him and now I believe that sadness was because of the horrific things that he and everyone else who experienced war, kept to themselves. His family were Welsh, and his brothers and he were wonderful singers. His sisters lived down the road from my Aunt and his house in the same street. William Ewert Broom, better know as Bill to others, and Waggy to our family, was a kind man. 

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