Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Brophet, George Rennie

A fitter of Queenstown, Tas, Brophet enlisted as a Pte on 19 August 1915. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT RMS Orontes on 24 November 1915 with the 12th Reinforcements of the 12th Battalion. Pte Brophet was transferred to the 1st Pioneer Battalion on 25 May 1916 and was promoted first to Lance Corporal on 26 October 1916, and then to Corporal (Cpl) on 25 May 1917. Cpl Brophet was killed in action on 30 September 1917, aged 25, and is buried at Belgain Battery Corner Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.

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