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Norman Leslie BROADBRIDGE

Regimental number156
Place of birthCaulfield, Victoria
SchoolState School, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address'Nunga', Manning Road, East Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Broadbridge, 'Nunga', Manning Road, East Malvern, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name3rd Pioneer Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/15/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 6 June 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 7 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IX, Row A, Grave No. 15), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter Owen and Margaret BROADBRIDGE, "Nunga", Manning Road, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Family/military connectionsCousin: 319 Pte Harold Craig CLOSE, 23rd Bn, died of wounds, 18 June 1918.

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