Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Walter John James Bloomfield
Walter John James Bloomfield
Service number: 1075
Rank: Serjeant
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cemetery or memorial details: Jerusalem Memorial, Israel
War Grave Register notes: BLOOMFIELD, Serjt. Walter James, 1075. 8th Australian Light Horse. 9th Aug., 1916. Age 34. Son of John Thomas Rothwell Bloomfield and Catherine Julian Bloomfield, of 59, Loch St., Coburg, Victoria, Australia. Native of Essenden, Victoria.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Walter John James Bloomfield from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1075 |
| School | St Thomas' Grammar School, Essendon, Victoria |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Station manager |
| Address | 186 Bellair Street, Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 33 |
| Next of kin | Father, Thos R Bloomfield, 186 Bellair Street, Kensington, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served in the South African War as Trooper 728 with the 2nd Bn, Australian Commonwealth Horse. |
| Enlistment date | 22 December 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A57 Malakuta on 23 September 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He was attached to the composite regiment which defeated the Senussi tribe in December 1915. |
| Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Romani, Sinai, Egypt |
| Date of death | 9 August 1916 |
| Age at death | 34 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Jerusalem Memorial, Palestine |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Thomas Rothwell and Catherine Julian BLOOMFIELD, 59 Loch Street, Coburg, VIctoria, Australia. Native of Essendon, Victoria |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 3686 Pte Charles Murray BLOOMFIELD, 6th Bn, died of wounds in France, 20 November 1916. |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Walter John James Bloomfield
