BRAY, Albert Charles
| Service Number: | 1628 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1984 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 7th Australian Field Ambulance, France, 31 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1628, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1628, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1628, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 31 Dec 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 1628, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1628 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-12-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 31st December 1916, Sergeant Albert Charles Bray, 17th Battalion (Reg No-1628), labourer c/o Mrs. Stoom, Robert Street, Marrickville, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 7th Australian Field Ambulance, age 32. Type of wound not stated.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Wickham, New South Wales on the 6th April 1884 to Frederick Thomas (died 21.3.1902, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 52) and Eliza Jane Bray nee Fairhall (died 1.9.1928, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 73, sleeping at ANGLICAN 1-29. 36) of 12 and 13 Cleary Street, Hamilton, New South Wales, Albert enlisted on the 26th April 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on the 12th May 1915.
Admitted to hospital 8.11.1915 (jaundice, slight).
Mr. Bray’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Place of Association - Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Albert’s name has also been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Book of Gold and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised gravesite of father Frederick Thomas Bray in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of his son for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-46. 20.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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