BRITT, Isaac Reay
| Service Number: | 801 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Patricks Catholic College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Baby 700 Cemetery, Anzac Row D, Grave 3 Headstone inscription reads: May the soul of my dear brave son, rest in peace a true Australian , Baby 700 Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 801, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 801, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 801, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edmund Francis and Mary A. Britt nee Ray(Reay) of Park Road, Maryborough, Victoria. Brother of Kathleen Mary Britt, Gertrude Ann Britt, Edmund William Britt and Mary Johanna Britt
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victoriy Medal
Also served in the Citizen Military Forces with the Ballarat 7th Regiment
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His mother stated on his Roll of Honour circular "beloved by his Officers and men and comrades [illeg] for early promotion [illeg] by General Birdwood who considered he had lost his young life through his fearless bravery."
In July 1920 a newspaper report announced -‘the curious discovery’ of a cemetery constructed by the Turks during the earliest days on Gallipoli.
‘It consisted of wholly unsuspected graves of Anzacs and a few British Navy men. The cemetery is 300 yards to the east of Lone Pine and overlooks Legge’s Valley. It was first located during Captain CEW Bean’s last Gallipoli tour, and hitherto had been regarded as purely a Turkish cemetery, as it was far beyond the Anzac lines.
The cemetery contains 50 bodies of the Anzac’s bravest men, who evidently participated in the most forward fighting immediately after the landing. The discs found in the graves enabled identification to be made in almost every case, and the discovery shows the fate of men who were hitherto regarded as missing’.
Private Isaac Reay Britt’s were found in the Cemetery, by association with his identity disc in late 1922. The disc was forwarded to his family.
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