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Private Norman Leslie Brumm

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Private Norman Leslie Brumm Veteran

Birth
Albury, Albury City, New South Wales, Australia
Death
19 Jul 1916 (aged 19)
Fleurbaix, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Burial
Fromelles, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
I. B. 5.
Memorial ID
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Son of Michael and Mary (née Ogilvie) Brumm.

Private, 29th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Killed in action on July 19, 1916 in Fleurbaix, Pas-de, Calais, France during the Attack of Fromelles.

Son of Michael and Mary Ogilive Brumm, of Macauley St., Albury, New South Wales. He was a pottery hand prior to joining the army on 9 November 1915; he departed from Melbourne aboard the HMAT Ascanius on 20 November, 1915.

After the war, his body could not be found, though he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles.

In 2008 the mass grave containing 250 British and Australian soldiers, including Pvt. Brumm, was discovered in nearby Pheasant Wood. Scientific testing eventually identified Pvt. Brumm's remains, along with those of 96 others.
Son of Michael and Mary (née Ogilvie) Brumm.

Private, 29th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Killed in action on July 19, 1916 in Fleurbaix, Pas-de, Calais, France during the Attack of Fromelles.

Son of Michael and Mary Ogilive Brumm, of Macauley St., Albury, New South Wales. He was a pottery hand prior to joining the army on 9 November 1915; he departed from Melbourne aboard the HMAT Ascanius on 20 November, 1915.

After the war, his body could not be found, though he was commemorated on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles.

In 2008 the mass grave containing 250 British and Australian soldiers, including Pvt. Brumm, was discovered in nearby Pheasant Wood. Scientific testing eventually identified Pvt. Brumm's remains, along with those of 96 others.


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  • Maintained by: Erin
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 7, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56348610/norman_leslie-brumm: accessed ), memorial page for Private Norman Leslie Brumm (16 Jul 1897–19 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56348610, citing Fromelles Pheasant Wood Military Cemetery, Fromelles, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by Erin (contributor 46599159).