Harry Thomas BRAMLEY

BRAMLEY, Harry Thomas

Service Number: 2632
Enlisted: 30 August 1916, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
Born: Macorna, Victoria, Australia, 22 August 1879
Home Town: Condamine, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling: Mincha West State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 26 April 1918, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery
Plot XI, Row B, Grave No. 10, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Pyramid Hill Mincha District Great European War Honour Roll, Tara Shire WW1 Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

30 Aug 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2632, Melbourne, Victoria
2 Oct 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 60th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2632, 60th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
4 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 60th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
26 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2632, 60th Infantry Battalion, Dernancourt/Ancre, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2632 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-26
26 Apr 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2632, 60th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Glen

Brother of 4441 Pte. Charles Andrew Bramley (/explore/people/115313) of the 6th Infantry Battalion who was Killed in action in France on 10 Aug 1918

Biography contributed by Kerri Sidorow

Harry Bramley was the eldest son of William Henry and Agnes Bramley of Rodney Street, Bendigo.  William and Agnes farmed at Mincha for 40 years before moving to Bendigo in April 1916.

Before he enlisted Harry was 'following farming pursuits' at Mincha.  While in France he saw a horse attached to a gun carriage in the Australian artilery, which he had bred and sold soon after the war started.  Harry was killed in action on 26 April 1918, aged 38.

Harry's younger brother Charles was also killed in the war.  His sister Ada was a nurse at the Bendigo Hospital.

Sources:

Bendigonian, Thursday 16 May 1918, page 22.

 

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