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Melville William BRACHE

Regimental number4738
Place of birthMoe, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressMoe, Gippsland, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 8"
Weight176 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr C.J.A. Brache, Moe, Gippsland, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 November 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 12 November 1915. Taken on strength, 59th Bn, 20 April 1916.
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFromelles, France
Date of death19 July 1916
Age at death23
Place of burialAubers Ridge British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 10), Aubers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength of 59th Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 20 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 490902: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BRACHE Melville William
Red Cross file 490902

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