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BRIANT, Benjamin James

Service Number:	16961
Enlisted:	2 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Field Ambulance
Born:	Paradise, South Australia, 15 October 1894
Home Town:	Paradise, Campbelltown, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jockey
Died:	Natural Causes, Mitcham, South Australia, 2 April 1984, aged 89 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Campbelltown WW1 Memorial

World War 1 Service

2 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16961, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Adelaide, South Australia
10 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 16961, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 16961, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, HMAT Boorara, Melbourne
1 May 1918:	Imprisoned POW of Turkey
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 16961
29 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 16961, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance
Date unknown:	Wounded 16961, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance

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