Regimental number | 15687 |
Place of birth | Meranburn, New South Wales |
School | Lyndhurst Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Trundle, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Ellen Bloomfield, Lincoln Grove, Kingswood, Penrith, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | October 1916 Reinforcements |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/42/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | As a Sapper he worked at Hill 60, Messines. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Warneton Lane, Messines, Belgium |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 26.3 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Berks 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 |