James Henry BRYANT

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BRYANT, James Henry

Service Number:	1301
Enlisted:	29 August 1914, Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parkes NSW Australia, 28 November 1892
Home Town:	Parkesborough, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Parkesborough Public School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Shell fire, Lone Pine, Gallipoli Peninsula, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row N, Grave No. 4. His name is located at panel 35 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT., Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes RSL Roll of Honour, Parkes Remembrance Walk

World War 1 Service

29 Aug 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1301, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1
29 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
5 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1301, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

POEM - "My Native Leaf" - written by James Henry Bryant (in the trenches)

The Irish love their native leaf that in their Island grows,
The Scottish and the English love the Thistle and the Rose,
But greater than these flowers and dearer far to me,
The emblem I love best of all is the native Blue Gum tree.

It sheltered me when I was young, beneath its boughs I played,
The house where I was born was built beneath a gum tree shade.
And often in the days gone by, the days when we were boys
That old gum tree shared my childish thoughts, my sorrows and my joys.

And if by perchance that I should fall, beneath a foreign sky,
I hope some passing wind will blow a Gum leaf where I lie.
A gum leaf fresh and fragrant blown from a wild gum tree,
That grows in far Australia, the Island of the Free.

Private James Henry Bryant 1301

Biography

Mother Eliza Jane Bryant and Father the late Benjamin BRYANT,
living at Moling Road, Parkes, New South Wales

James spent most of his young life at the mining settlement of 'The Welcome'.
He was something of a poet and had several poems published.

Next of kin in service:
Cousin   134 Private Alfred Archibald Hocking
               29/4/1914   enlisted in Sydney NSW
               20/10/1914 embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A14 Euripides
                                 Private in 3rd Infantry Battalion
              3/12/1918   returned to Australia

Described on enlisting as 21 years 8 months old; single; 5' 8" tall; 156 lbs;
fair complexion; brown eyes; brown hair; Church of England.

29/8/1914    enlisted in Kensington, NSW
29/8/1914    Commanding Officer appointed James to G Company,
                    3rd Infantry Battalion, Sydney Camp

20/10/1914 embarked from Sydney, NSW, on board HMAT A14 Euripides
G Company, 3rd Infantry Battalion

5/4/1915 embarked from Alexandria on board Derflinger to join the
Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli
"orginally a German ship called the DERFLINGER. This ship was used on the Bremen - Suez - Far East service until 1914 when she was captured by the British at Port Said. Renamed HUNTSGREEN and operated as a troopship."

25/4/2015    septic knee - Gallipoli Peninsula
8/5/1915      admitted to No.2 General Hospital, Cairo
15/6/1915    to convalescent Camp, Helouan
19/6/1915    to Base Details, Zeitoun

30/7/1915 rejoined 3rd Battalion - Gallipoli Peninsula

6/8/1915 running across near Lone Pine - shot by shell fire, in Battle of Lone Pine

7/8/1915      Reported missing in action

buried in:     his body was not found for a few days, then buried near where
                   he lay at Lone Pine 68 B.3.6 - noted by Chaplain McKenzie

5/6/1916 Fate confirmed as killed in action by Court of Enquiry held in the field, France

remains exhumed and reinterned:

buried in: Lone Pine Cemetery - Gallipoli, Turkey
Row X, Grave No. 4

24/8/1924 One last reorganisation - the AIF confirmed that James' grave would now be:
Row N, Grave No. 4

#941 Private Charles Thomas HORAN from 3rd Infantry Battalion is buried next to James (N.5).

Medals:
1914-15 Star (9246), British War medal (7845), Victory Medal (7846);
Memorial Plaque and Memorial Scroll (301702)

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 10/5/2015. Lest we forget.

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