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William Swift Bromhead

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William Swift Bromhead

Birth
Scone, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Death
6 Jun 1976 (aged 94)
Capital Hill, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Burial
Phillip, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Add to Map
Memorial ID
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PARENTS:
John Bromhead 1853 – 1934
Mary Ann Deane 1854 – 1939

SPOUSE:
Ada Theresa Gunson "May" Keane 1884 – 1973
Married December 20, 1911, in St. Columba's Catholic Church, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.

CHILDREN: (5)
Margaret Mary Bromhead Gardiner 1924-2012 (Mrs.J. T.)
Helen Alison Bromhead Gardiner 1926-2004 (Mrs. R.J.)
John Swift BROMHEAD 1912–1942 *
William Gunson "Bob" BROMHEAD 1920–1999
Brian Charles "Dick" BROMHEAD 1923–2007

EDUCATION:
July 6, 1897, (Age: 15) University of Sydney Examinations- Entry

April 11, 1901 - Promoted to Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia. Appointed on 27 June, 1901 as a junior clerk, petty sessions office, Gundagai.

RELIGION: Presbyterian

MILITARY
March 10, 1916 (Age: 34) Embarked from Melbourne, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917 Clerk of Petty Sessions, Court House Newcastle.
Age 36- Unit Field Artillery Brigade, Febuary 1917 Reinforcements- Roll NO- 13/128/1. Rank Gunner 2nd Division.
August 5, 1919 - Returned to Australia from duty.
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RESIDENCES: •Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980:

1930 (Age: 49) Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. 280 Russell St

1936 (Age: 55) 220 Russell St, Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

1943 (Age: 62) Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

1949 (Age: 68) 220 Russell St, Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

1954 (Age: 73) 280 Russell St, Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
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RETIREMENT from MAGISTRATE at BATHURST COURTS.
Oct. 8, 1946, Age: 65, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia For the past 17 years he had been a magistrate at Bathurst Courts.
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Sept. 10, 1949 (Age: 68) Bathurst, , New South Wales, Australia. Advert SMH Served for 47 yrs in the Justice Dept, Began on the Bench as a Police magistrate at Murwillumbah, Dubbo, and for 17 yrs at Bathurst, He will retire at Bathurst. Tributes paid to him by Barristers, Angifa Leslie & Colin Begg

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Sons in the Military:
"Bob" William Gunson Bromhead in the R.A.A.F.
"Dick" Brian Charles Bromwood, in the A.I. F.
(taken from the Roll of Honor obit listing for son, Private John Swift Bromhead)
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*his son, Private John Swift Bromhead 1912-1942 died in Egypt in battle for his country. He was with the Australian Army. He is buried in Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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Roll of Honor anouncement from the Sydney Morning Herald,
November 19, 1942:
"BROMHEAD - November 9, Died of wounds, Middle East X56182, Private John Swift Bromhead, eldest son of W. S. and M. Bromhead, brother of Bob (R.A.A.F.) and Dick (A.I.F.), Margaret and Helen. R.I.P."

PARENTS:
John Bromhead 1853 – 1934
Mary Ann Deane 1854 – 1939

SPOUSE:
Ada Theresa Gunson "May" Keane 1884 – 1973
Married December 20, 1911, in St. Columba's Catholic Church, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia.

CHILDREN: (5)
Margaret Mary Bromhead Gardiner 1924-2012 (Mrs.J. T.)
Helen Alison Bromhead Gardiner 1926-2004 (Mrs. R.J.)
John Swift BROMHEAD 1912–1942 *
William Gunson "Bob" BROMHEAD 1920–1999
Brian Charles "Dick" BROMHEAD 1923–2007

EDUCATION:
July 6, 1897, (Age: 15) University of Sydney Examinations- Entry

April 11, 1901 - Promoted to Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia. Appointed on 27 June, 1901 as a junior clerk, petty sessions office, Gundagai.

RELIGION: Presbyterian

MILITARY
March 10, 1916 (Age: 34) Embarked from Melbourne, on board HMAT A9 Shropshire on 11 May 1917 Clerk of Petty Sessions, Court House Newcastle.
Age 36- Unit Field Artillery Brigade, Febuary 1917 Reinforcements- Roll NO- 13/128/1. Rank Gunner 2nd Division.
August 5, 1919 - Returned to Australia from duty.
______________________________________
RESIDENCES: •Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980:

1930 (Age: 49) Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. 280 Russell St

1936 (Age: 55) 220 Russell St, Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

1943 (Age: 62) Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

1949 (Age: 68) 220 Russell St, Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

1954 (Age: 73) 280 Russell St, Bathurst, Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
_______________________________________
RETIREMENT from MAGISTRATE at BATHURST COURTS.
Oct. 8, 1946, Age: 65, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia For the past 17 years he had been a magistrate at Bathurst Courts.
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Sept. 10, 1949 (Age: 68) Bathurst, , New South Wales, Australia. Advert SMH Served for 47 yrs in the Justice Dept, Began on the Bench as a Police magistrate at Murwillumbah, Dubbo, and for 17 yrs at Bathurst, He will retire at Bathurst. Tributes paid to him by Barristers, Angifa Leslie & Colin Begg

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Sons in the Military:
"Bob" William Gunson Bromhead in the R.A.A.F.
"Dick" Brian Charles Bromwood, in the A.I. F.
(taken from the Roll of Honor obit listing for son, Private John Swift Bromhead)
_____________________________________
*his son, Private John Swift Bromhead 1912-1942 died in Egypt in battle for his country. He was with the Australian Army. He is buried in Heliopolis War Cemetery, Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
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Roll of Honor anouncement from the Sydney Morning Herald,
November 19, 1942:
"BROMHEAD - November 9, Died of wounds, Middle East X56182, Private John Swift Bromhead, eldest son of W. S. and M. Bromhead, brother of Bob (R.A.A.F.) and Dick (A.I.F.), Margaret and Helen. R.I.P."

Gravesite Details

Lawn Catholic CA/L/L/218



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