Roy Leonard BRAY

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Service Number:	1886
Enlisted:	19 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria; Technical College
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Killed in Action, Westhoek Ridge, Belgium, 16 September 1917
Cemetery:	Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium Plot 111, Row H, Grave 2. Headstone inscription reads:- Love and remembrance last for ever, Hooge Crater Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oakleigh Avenue of Honour, Oakleigh Roll of Honour

19 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1886, 21st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1886, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1886, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne

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Son of Richard and Annie Bray of Swindon Road, Oakleigh, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal