Patrick Francis BRYAN

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BRYAN, Patrick Francis

Service Number:	VX36490
Enlisted:	8 July 1940, Royal Park, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Jumbunna, Victoria, Australia, 7 January 1902
Home Town:	Langwarrin, Frankston, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Kanchanaburi P.O.W. Camp, Thailand, 29 June 1943, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Coll. grave 10. F. 2-10. L. 4.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Gunner, VX36490
8 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX36490, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Royal Park, Vic.
29 Jun 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, VX36490, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Edmund Thomas Bryan and Margaret Jane Bryan.

DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY SISTER MARY & FAMILY

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His younger brothers both lost their lives during WW1, 1709 Pte. Edmund Thomas Bryan 6th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Gallipoli 24 June 1915, age 21 and 1128 Tpr. Edward John Bryan 8th Australian Light Horse, died of malaria in Egypt 26 August 1918, aged 25.

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