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Walter James BLOOMFIELD

Regimental number1075
Place of birthEssendon, Victoria
SchoolSt Thomas' Grammar School, Essendon, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation manager
Address186 Bellair Street, Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinFather, Thos R Bloomfield, 186 Bellair Street, Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the South African War as Trooper 728 with the 2nd Bn, Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Enlistment date22 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/13/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A57 Malakuta on 23 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe was attached to the composite regiment which defeated the Senussi tribe in December 1915.
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1916
Place of death or woundingRomani, Sinai, Egypt
Date of death9 August 1916
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial, Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
6
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Thomas Rothwell and Catherine Julian BLOOMFIELD, 59 Loch Street, Coburg, VIctoria, Australia. Native of Essendon, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3686 Pte Charles Murray BLOOMFIELD, 6th Bn, died of wounds in France, 20 November 1916.

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