Thomas Alan BROADBENT

Regimental number15887
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolSt Thomas' Grammar School, Essendon, Victoria
Other trainingPassed Junior and Senior Public Exanminations, Melbourne University.
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStudent
Address21 Tiuna Grove, Elwood, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 10"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Broadbent, 21 Tiuna Grove, Elwood, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in Senior Cadets, Area 17A, Essendon, Victoria.
Enlistment date7 May 1917
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Unit name46th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/63/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialBellicourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row L, Grave No 3), France
Commemoration details141
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Jessie BROADBENT, 21 Tinna Grove, Elwood, Victoria. Native of Bendigo, Victoria
Other details

Attestation Form marked 'Not to leave Australia till he attains the age of (19) nineteen years.'

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 28 February 1918; disembarked Liverpool, England, 20 April 1918, and marched in to AASC Details Training Depot, Parkhouse.

Transferred to 46th Bn Details, Codford, and taken on strength, 7 June 1918.

Admitted to No 3 New Zealand General Hospital, Codford, 18 June 1918 (bronchitis); discharged to Training Depot, 2 July 1918.

Admitted to Group Clearing Hospital, 1 August 1918 (influenza); discharged to Training Depot, 6 August 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 22 August 1918; taken on strength, 46th Bn, in the field, 27 August 1918.

Killed in action, 20 September 1918.

Statement, Red Cross File No 0540404H, 3762 Lance Corporal A.G. NAISMITH, D Company, 46th Bn, 30 January 1919: 'Was killed about 11 p.m. on the 20-9-18 by high explosion shell, died instantly. Was buried the same night just over the parapet (in the field)[,] cross marks the grave (name, number and date of death being on cross).'

Second statement, Chaplain W.M. ROBSON, 12th Infantry Brigade, 10 June 1919: 'He was advancing towards Bellicourt through Acention Valley. Was killed on the spot. Was buried where killed.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, BROADBENT Thomas Alan
Red Cross File No 0540404H