Edward John BRYAN

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Service Number:	1128
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted Seymour, Victoria
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	8th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Greta West, Victoria, Australia, April 1894
Home Town:	Pakenham South, Cardinia, Victoria
Schooling:	Pakenham and Woodleigh State Schools, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Malaria, Egypt, 26 August 1918
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave No. 173, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Myrrhee HB1, Myrrhee State School Pictorial HB, Pakenham State School No 1359

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1128, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted Seymour, Victoria
20 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 1128, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
20 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 1128, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne
26 Aug 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 1128, 8th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1128 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-08-26

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His younger brother 1709 Pte. Edmund Thomas Bryan 6th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Gallipoli 24 June 1915, age 21.

Another brother, VX36490 Gunner Patrick Francis Bryan 2/4th Anti-Tank Regiment died of illness as a prisoner of war in Thailand 29 June 1943, age 41.