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RYE, Albert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1916 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Serre Road Cemetery No.2 Beaumont Hamel, France Grave Grave X. B. 3. INSCRIPTION NOT FORGOTTEN , Serre Road Cemetery No 2, Beaumont Hamel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1916, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1916, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Birth record not found for certain but is possibly:
Births Sep 1887 Rye Albert Eastry 2a 966
26th Bn. 3rd Reinforcement ,Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 28 and the son of Stephen and Ann Rye, of Ickham, Kent, England sometime of Bramling, a hamlet five miles east of Canterbury in Kent, England. It lies on the A257 road between Littlebourne and Wingham.
Enlistment date 5 July 1915
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/43/2
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 16 August 1915
Albert is honoured on the Ickham War Memorial.
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