Charles Edward Bromfield is included on the fairly convincing evidence of his name appearing on the Eltham War Memorial, the Shire of Eltham Memorial Tower, the Eltham State School Honour Board (as Bloomfield) and the Eltham Methodist Church Honour Board. 
Despite all those references, there was only one Victorian casualty of this family name and his connection to the area remains unclear, although around the time of his education, a Mrs E. Bromfield, possibly his grandmother or an aunt, was noted as “residing outsiding outside the Township but collecting letters from Eltham Post Office”. His history was, however, one of the more remarkable in our archives.
Bromfield’s death on 7 September, 1918 from influenza came while he was in a Swiss camp, held as a prisoner of war under an agreement between the warring nations.
The featured photograph shows the Vevey (St Martin’s) Cemetery in Switzerland where some 136 Commonwealth soldiers, who died in captivity lie buried. Under an agreement made in 1916 between the Swiss Government and the French, British and German Governments, a number of wounded prisoners of war were interned in Switzerland, some of whom died before repatriation. Bromfield’s grave is on the far right of the above image.
Link to the history of Charles Frederick Bromfield
Link to ozsportshistory.com downloads for WW1
