Regimental number | 3O11 |
Place of birth | Irvinebank, Queensland |
School | State School, Irvinebank, and Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Student |
Address | Irvinebank, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, James Brodie, Irvinebank via Cairns, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served in the School Cadets, and with the Charters Towers Rifles, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Warrant Officer (Class II) |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | On outbreak of war served 6 months on Thursday Island. Enlisted for service abroad in June 1915, sattended NCO's School, was promoted Corporal, sailed 4 October 1915. Arrived in Egypt, November 26th; attended Machine Gun Instruction School, passed with 93%. Served some tme in the desert; left for France, 29 May 1916. Was wounded in the foot by a shell, September 1916; spent 4 weeks off duty. Was killed by a shell. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Flers, France |
Age at death | 23.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Bulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 5), Flers, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 171 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James and Emily BRODIE, Irvinebank, North Queensland |