BROOMHEAD, Harry Burton
| Service Number: | 8278 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 December 1913 |
| Last Rank: | Sub Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | HMAS AE2 (Submarine) |
| Born: | Sheffield, Yorkshire, Engladn, 25 May 1876 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Melbourne, Vic., 11 March 1942, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Dec 1913: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 8278 | |
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| 29 Feb 1916: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Chief Petty Officer, 8278 | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant | |
| 12 Aug 1930: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Artificer, 8278, HMAS AE2 (Submarine) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Prisoner of War Afion Kara Hissar, Turkey
He survived the war but it was a close call as in 1918 his weight was reduced to less than five stone. He returned to his family in Southsea where he took some time to recover.
Returning to Australia he was appointed to the Submarine Depot ship.
Retired from the Flinders Naval Depot and transferred to the Retired list on 25 May 1936.
Died 11 March 1942 in Victoria
Late of 374 Wattletree Raod, East Malvern, Vic.
Engineer Harry Broomhead, a cousin of Mr. T. Broomhead, of Moama. In a letter which Mrs. T. Broomhead has received from Mrs. H. Broomhead, who resides in Nottingham, England, she says: --
"There is very little to tell. I have had two letters from my husband since they were taken. In the first, written from the military prison, Constantinople, he said that they had been struck by Turkish shell, and it was a very near thing with them. They had to swim for it, and he was in the water about a quarter of an hour. He said he lost everything except his life, and was lucky to get away with that.
He said he was a prisoner of war, and that I should have to imaging the rest. In his second letter he said they had been moved from Constantinople to a central camp for prisoners among the hills at Afion Hara Hissau, Asia Minor. They were absolutely cut off from the world, and allowed no news or reading matter."
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