BRYSON, Houston Stewart
| Other Name: | Stewart, Houston Thomas |
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| Service Number: | 2085 |
| Enlisted: | 6 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Carlton Primary School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 15 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row F, Grave No. 341. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2085, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 3 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2085, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2085, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wandilla, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 3rd ANZAC Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Houston Stewart Bryson was the son of Stewart and Jane Bryson and born in Carlton, Victoria. He was almost 40 years of age when he enlisted and his parents were both deceased. He was living in Narrandera, New South Wales, at the time.
His younger brother, 131 Sergeant Alexander Bryson 41st Battalion AIF, was later killed in action in France on 8 August 1918, aged 38.
During April 1917 Houston was posted to the 3rd Australian Battalion Imperial Camel Corps. He was badly wounded during the Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe on 6 November 1917. He was evacuated from the battlefield with a compound fracture of his upper arm which was amputated on 10 November 1917. Although Bryson was transferred to a General Hospital in Cairo, he developed ‘traumatic gangrene’ and died on 15 November 1917.
Later, his sister, Houstonia Jane, completed a statuary declaration stating that his true name was Houston Stewart Bryson, not Houston Thomas Stewart.
His medals and entitlements were awarded to an older brother, Robert Ernest Bryson.
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