Casualty of the Great War,Sidney served with the 53rd Bn.
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Service No:4903. He was 23.
His brother, Private Albert "Bert" Clive Bromley also fell on the same day in the same battle.
An eye witness account of the death of Sidney states that Sid went to pick up his fallen brother, Bert and was killed by machine gun fire.Sidney's body was recovered at the time of, or just after the battle. Albert was buried by the Germans in the mass grave Pheasant Wood and only identified by DNA in April 2011
Details:
53rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.~Service No:4744
Date of Death:19/07/1916-Age:19
FROMELLES (PHEASANT WOOD) MILITARY CEMETERY-Grave Reference I. A. 7
They were sons of Sidney A. de Montford Bromley and Alice Louisa Bromley(nee Taylor) of 4 View St., Waverley, New South Wales.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday, 4 August, 1917
"ROLL OF HONOUR
BROMLEY.-Killed in action at Fleurbaix, previously reported missing S. R. (Sid) aged 24 years and 11 months, and A. C. (Bert), aged 19 1/2 years, much
loved sons of S. de Montford and Alice Bromley, and grandsons of the late Dr. Joschia Bromley, and great grandsons of the late Duke of Sussex."
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Service No:4903. He was 23.
His brother, Private Albert "Bert" Clive Bromley also fell on the same day in the same battle.
An eye witness account of the death of Sidney states that Sid went to pick up his fallen brother, Bert and was killed by machine gun fire.Sidney's body was recovered at the time of, or just after the battle. Albert was buried by the Germans in the mass grave Pheasant Wood and only identified by DNA in April 2011
Details:
53rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.~Service No:4744
Date of Death:19/07/1916-Age:19
FROMELLES (PHEASANT WOOD) MILITARY CEMETERY-Grave Reference I. A. 7
They were sons of Sidney A. de Montford Bromley and Alice Louisa Bromley(nee Taylor) of 4 View St., Waverley, New South Wales.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday, 4 August, 1917
"ROLL OF HONOUR
BROMLEY.-Killed in action at Fleurbaix, previously reported missing S. R. (Sid) aged 24 years and 11 months, and A. C. (Bert), aged 19 1/2 years, much
loved sons of S. de Montford and Alice Bromley, and grandsons of the late Dr. Joschia Bromley, and great grandsons of the late Duke of Sussex."
Casualty of the Great War,Sidney served with the 53rd Bn.
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Service No:4903. He was 23.
His brother, Private Albert "Bert" Clive Bromley also fell on the same day in the same battle.
An eye witness account of the death of Sidney states that Sid went to pick up his fallen brother, Bert and was killed by machine gun fire.Sidney's body was recovered at the time of, or just after the battle. Albert was buried by the Germans in the mass grave Pheasant Wood and only identified by DNA in April 2011
Details:
53rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.~Service No:4744
Date of Death:19/07/1916-Age:19
FROMELLES (PHEASANT WOOD) MILITARY CEMETERY-Grave Reference I. A. 7
They were sons of Sidney A. de Montford Bromley and Alice Louisa Bromley(nee Taylor) of 4 View St., Waverley, New South Wales.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday, 4 August, 1917
"ROLL OF HONOUR
BROMLEY.-Killed in action at Fleurbaix, previously reported missing S. R. (Sid) aged 24 years and 11 months, and A. C. (Bert), aged 19 1/2 years, much
loved sons of S. de Montford and Alice Bromley, and grandsons of the late Dr. Joschia Bromley, and great grandsons of the late Duke of Sussex."
Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Service No:4903. He was 23.
His brother, Private Albert "Bert" Clive Bromley also fell on the same day in the same battle.
An eye witness account of the death of Sidney states that Sid went to pick up his fallen brother, Bert and was killed by machine gun fire.Sidney's body was recovered at the time of, or just after the battle. Albert was buried by the Germans in the mass grave Pheasant Wood and only identified by DNA in April 2011
Details:
53rd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.~Service No:4744
Date of Death:19/07/1916-Age:19
FROMELLES (PHEASANT WOOD) MILITARY CEMETERY-Grave Reference I. A. 7
They were sons of Sidney A. de Montford Bromley and Alice Louisa Bromley(nee Taylor) of 4 View St., Waverley, New South Wales.
The Sydney Morning Herald - Saturday, 4 August, 1917
"ROLL OF HONOUR
BROMLEY.-Killed in action at Fleurbaix, previously reported missing S. R. (Sid) aged 24 years and 11 months, and A. C. (Bert), aged 19 1/2 years, much
loved sons of S. de Montford and Alice Bromley, and grandsons of the late Dr. Joschia Bromley, and great grandsons of the late Duke of Sussex."
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