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Octavius Kenneth Eason BLOOMFIELD

Regimental number15687
Place of birthMeranburn, New South Wales
SchoolLyndhurst Public School, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarmer
AddressTrundle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Bloomfield, Lincoln Grove, Kingswood, Penrith, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameOctober 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 31 October 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAs a Sapper he worked at Hill 60, Messines.
FateKilled in Action 24 November 1917
Place of death or woundingWarneton Lane, Messines, Belgium
Date of death24 November 1917
Age at death26.3
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 19), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Ellen Eason BLOOMFIELD
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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