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William Richard BLOOMFIELD

Regimental number4362
Place of birthMarrickville New South Wales
SchoolMarrickville Superior Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMoulder
Address6 Chapel Street, Marickville, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Bloomfield, 6 Chapel Street, Marickville, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 February 1917
Date of death7 February 1917
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
90
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Richard and Alice BLOOMFIELD, 6 Chapel Street, Marrickville, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: 4978 Corporal John Manly BLOOMFIELD, 34th Bn, killed in action, Mont St Quentin, France, 31 August 1918; 1625 Pte Harry PAYNE, 17th Bn, died of wounds, 15 April 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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