Charles Chambers BRYCE DCM

BRYCE, Charles Chambers

    Other Name: Bryce, Charles - WW1 Service Record
    Service Numbers: 479, 89
    Enlisted: 14 January 1900
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 9th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 September 1883
    Home Town: Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Selector
    Died: Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 July 1950, aged 66 years
    Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
    Section 11, Row 7, Plot 26
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 479, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    14 Jan 1900: Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 479, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    6 Mar 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 479, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, SS Templemore, Brisbane
    5 May 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 479, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Did not embark with 5th QIB in HMT St Andrew at Capetown on 27 March 1902. Remained at Charlestown suffering from enteric fever. Returned to Australia in SS Nineveh, arriving Brisbane 24 July 1904.

    World War 1 Service

    22 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane
    24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
    24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
    25 Apr 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound left forefinger
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    8 Jul 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion
    12 Aug 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion
    24 Nov 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 9th Infantry Battalion
    24 Mar 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 9th Infantry Battalion
    18 Jun 1917: Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, For marked initiative and courage at Lagnicourt, France on 15 April 1917 in handling men under heavy artillery and machine gun fire when in charge of a party that took part in a movement resulting in the outflanking of enemy detachments. Later he pushed forward and secured a number of prisioners, eventually reaching the original front line - at all times displaying tireless energy and magnificent courage.
    3 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion, Gassed
    15 Jul 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnebl wound right forearm
    5 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 89, 9th Infantry Battalion

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