BRAUND, Cyril Ascott
| Service Number: | SX7824 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1940, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Exeter, South Australia, 5 March 1906 |
| Home Town: | Port Victoria, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes, Port Victoria, South Australia, 1970 |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, SX7824 | |
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| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, SX7824, Adelaide, South Australia | |
| 5 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX7824 | |
| 11 Nov 1943: | Discharged Private, SX7824, 2nd/48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX7824 | |
| 11 Nov 1943: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
Private Cyril Ascott Braund enlisted with his brother SX7825 Corporal William Gaylard Braund (/explore/people/12831) with the 2/48th Australian Infantry Battalion. Having joined together they both have consecutive numbers.
'Wounded in Action.
Mrs C. A. Braund, of Port Victoria, has received advice that her husband, Private Cyril A. Braund (AIF), has been wounded in action in Egypt. Private Braund was previously wounded in September, 1941 at Tobruk.' from The Pioneer 31 Jul 1942 (nla.gov.au)
'Wounded in Action.
Mrs C. A. Braund, of Port Victoria, has received advice that her husband, Private Braund, was dangerously wounded in Egypt on October 31. This is the third time Private Braund has been wounded in action.
Advice has also been received that Corporal W. G. Braund was wounded in action in Egypt on October 25th. The Braund brothers, Cyril and Bill, enlisted in June, 1940, and went overseas together in November, 1940.' from The Pioneer 27 Nov 1942 (nla.gov.au)
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