Charles Leddon BRYANT

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BRYANT, Charles Leddon

Service Number:	5831
Enlisted:	27 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Augusta, South Australia, 20 February 1889
Home Town:	Port Augusta West, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Camel Driver
Died:	Natural Causes , 13 July 1964, aged 75 years, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Port Augusta Christ Church Memorial Altar

World War 1 Service

27 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5831, 10th Infantry Battalion
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5831, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5831, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
1 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5831, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, More damage and tare of left hand from old injury 5 years ago. Old injury was: thumb and index finger cut off by a saw mill.

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Biography contributed by St Francis de Sales College

Charles Leddon Bryant was born on 20th of February 1889 and he was born in Port Augusta, South Australia.

Charles was a 5 foot 5 man with brown eyes and brown hair and his service number was 5831.

Charles enlisted on the 27th of April 1916 at 26 years old. On the 27th of June 1916 Charles embarked from Melbourne to boat to Gallipoli the boat was named: HMAT A37 Barambah. Charles was apart of the 10th Australian Infantry Battalion. The 10th Battalion had 5907 solders attending the war. The 10th Battalion was heavily involved in establishing and defending the front line of the Anzac position, and served there until the evacuation on the 15th of December. After the withdrawal from Gallipoli, the 10th Battalion returned to Egypt and, in March 1916, sailed for France and the Western Front.

5 years before going signing up to war, Charles Bryant got his thumb and index finger cut off from a saw mill. From that injury, Charles Bryant could not properly hold a rifle but this did not stop him from going to war and serving his country. During the war Charles’s left hand got damaged and torn and took time to heal.

Charles returned to Australia the 4th May 1917 after the war and lived normal life. Charles Leddon Bryant passed away in 13 July 1964 at 75 years old from a unknown cause. Most likely at a age of 75, he peacefully passed way from old age.

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