VARLEY, Brayshaw Donald
Service Number: | 26660 |
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Enlisted: | 20 December 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 14th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Leeds, Yorkshire, England, 1887 |
Home Town: | Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
20 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 26660, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 26660, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 26660, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
26 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , In France | |
7 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 26660, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Sidney Varley and Mary Varley nee Brayshaw of Woodland Park Road, Heading Bay, Leeds, England.
Between 1902 and 1907 Brayshaw served his motor mechanic apprenticeship with Vickers & Sons of Maxim, England
Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Orontes disembarking on 28 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1921c Brayshaw married Violet May Pearce in Victoria