Regimental number | 717 |
Place of birth | Parramatta, New South Wales |
School | High School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of Christ |
Occupation | Commercial traveller |
Address | 'Cremoine', Doncaster Road, Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Mary Brodie, Doncaster Road, Kensington, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 34th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/51/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted as a Private in July 1915. Left for the front as a Sergeant, 2 May 1916. Promoted in the field to Lieutenant and then Captain. Wounded at Messines, 1917; gassed at Passchendaele, October 1917. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Warneton, France |
Age at death | 33 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
Place of burial | Berks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 33), Rosenberg Plateau Plots, Ploegsteert, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 123 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Georgina BRODIE; husband of Mary BRODIE, 105 Pitt Street, Sydney. Born at Parramatta, New South Wales |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |