Robert DRYLIE

DRYLIE, Robert

Service Number: 638
Enlisted: 23 February 1916, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 41st Infantry Battalion
Born: Newcastle, NSW, 1888
Home Town: Bilambil, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Murwillumbah War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

23 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 638, 41st Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld.
18 May 1916: Involvement Private, 638, 41st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
18 May 1916: Embarked Private, 638, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Adam and Mary DRYLIE
Of 21 Dickson Street, Wooloowin, Brisbane, Qld.