Regimental number | 30340 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Inglewood |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Farmer |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 31 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 143 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E Broadmore, c/o W Gribble, 27 Williamson's Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Featherston |
Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, H Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on |
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916. | |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 33 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick and Sarah Broadmore, Inglewood, Taranaki; Wife: Emmalene Broadmore, 27 Williamson's Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Wellington, 7 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 February 1917, and marched into Sling Camp. Admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 13 March 1917 (bronchitis); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 30 March 1917 (bronchial catarrh); taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 26 April 1917. Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 10 May 1917 (no details recorded). Taken on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 17 May 1917, and posted to No 1 NZ Divisional Employment Company. Proceeded overseas to France, 30 May 1917. Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 June 1917 (ringworm); rejoined Bn, in the field, 28 June 1917. Admitted to 55th General Hospital, 2 July 1917 (haemorrhoids); transferred to No 7 Convalescent Depot, 6 July 1917; to 3rd Canadian General Hospital, 21 July 1917; to No 7 Convalescent Depot, 24 July 1917; to Base Depot, Etaples, 4 August 1917. Transferred to 1st Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, 24 August 1917, and posted to C Company. Wounded in action, 12 October 1917. Court of Enquiry, 28 November 1917, concluded: 'Wounded & missing. Believed died of wounds, 12 October 1917.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 11 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22279224 |
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