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Wallace BROOM

Regimental number3860
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTailor
AddressFitzgerald Street, Northam, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, A Broom, Fitzgerald Street, Northam, Western Australia
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A31 Ajana on 22 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialGommecourt British Cemetery No. 2 (Plot II, Row D, Grave no. 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
PArents: Andrew and Minnie BROOM, Northam, Western Australia. Born at Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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