John Brostrom

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John Brostrom
Queenslander Pictorial, supplement to The Queenslander, 25 September 1915, p. 24
Born 11.03.1894
Place Svatro (Mustio), Nylands, Finland
Ethnic origin Finnish
Religion Lutheran
Father Fredrik Fritof Brostrom
Arrived at Australia
from Durban, South Africa
on 5.05.1912
per Falls of Afton
disembarked at Newcastle, NSW
Residence before enlistment Sydney, Bundaberg Qld, Grenfell NSW, Bundaberg
Occupation Labourer
Service service number 2692
enlisted 30.06.1915
POE Brisbane
unit 15th Battalion
rank Private
place Gallipoli, 1915; Western Front, 1916
final fate KIA 8.08.1916
memorial 26 Villers-Bretonneux, France
Naturalisation 1915
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