PYM, Charles Brownlow
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Sea Transport Staff |
| Born: | Sheerness, England, 6 February 1864 |
| Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Burwood, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1948, aged 84 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone B Section A Grave 1270 |
| Memorials: | Parramatta Mental Hospital Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, Medical Officers | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, Officer, No. 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital | |
| 19 Dec 1918: | Involvement Major, Sea Transport Staff, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1918: | Embarked Major, Sea Transport Staff, HMAT Medic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick George PYM and Mary Anne Elizabethnee LAYARD
Husband of Mrs Rose Ellen McDonnell PYM nee STEVENS, 'Kinvara', Cook Street, Lidcombe, New South Wale
Worked at Hospital for the Insane Parramatta as Medical Practitioner
Dr. C. B. Pym
Dr. Charles Brownlow Pym died recently at his home in Clifton Avenue, Burwood. He was a M.R.C.S., England; A.L.C.P., London. His father was the late Major-General Frederick George Pym, C.B., R.M.L.I., K.L.I., (Knight Legion of Honour, from Napoleon III), and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria. As Major, Dr. Pym served in the First World War in the A.A.M.C., in special control of all mentally affected, and was solely responsible for the safe return home of all such afflicted soldiers from military hospitals in France, Belgium, Holland, England and South Africa, which services were most successfully carried out. As there was no other military officer above him to commend or recommend him for honours for a most remarkable service, his work went unnoticed.
On his arrival back in N.S.W. he instituted and form ed the military hospital known as Broughton Hall. He had a most successful practice in country and city suburbs such as Braidwood, Penrith, Parramatta, Marrickville and Sydney. For 16 years in the Health Department his services as a specialist in phrenics was invaluable.
He retired in 1926 from public life, respected and beloved by all his patients for unselfish and successful ministrations. He married Rose Pym Stevens, of Marrickville, on July 31, 1894, in St. Clement's C.E.. Rev. A. E. Bellingham officating. Archdeacon S. Dedman, of Marrickville, officiated at his funeral, with a special reference to many testimonies of affection for the doctor's ministry by the residents of Marrickville.
Dr. Pym was one of several direct descendants of John Pym (of English history 1583-1643).
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