AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Bromilow, Richard Henry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bromilow ​

• FORENAME

Richard Henry ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

VX48425 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

26 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial, Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 21.10.1915, Geelong, Victoria, Australia​

son of Harry Matthew and Winifred Stella Bromilow, 46 Spring Street, Geelong West, Victoria​

civil occupation transport driver​

single upon enlistment​

09.08.1940 enlisted​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

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