BRIERLY, Alwin Huard
| Service Number: | 1821 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Pancras, Middlesex, England, 26 January 1877 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Uraemie, Greece, 1 January 1916, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
Portianos Military Cemetery Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 299 |
| Memorials: | Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1821, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1821, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1821, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alwin Huard Brierly was son of the late Sir Oswald Walters Brierly, a famous British ship painter who became Marine Painter to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, He was born in London, during 1877; educated in London; went to South Africa as a lad in 1895, and after some years there left for New Zealand, and finally settled in Australia about 1907. After the outbreak of war, he volunteered for service, and enlisted at Mackay, North Queensland, during October 1914. He served on Gallipoli from the 12 October 1915, and died in No. 27 General Hospital at Mudros, on New Year’s Day 1916, from uremia, brought on by exposure in the trenches, and was buried in the cemetery there.
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