Roy James BRYER

BRYER, Roy James

Service Numbers: QX37681, Q137259
Enlisted: 25 May 1942, Bundaberg, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment
Born: Bundaberg, Queensland , 26 August 1923
Home Town: Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter/Cane and Timber cutter
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World War 2 Service

25 May 1942: Enlisted Private, QX37681, Bundaberg, Queensland
25 May 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX37681, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment
26 May 1942: Involvement Q137259, also QX37681
26 May 1942: Involvement Trooper, QX37681, also Q137259
25 Jun 1946: Discharged Trooper, QX37681, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment
25 Jun 1946: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX37681, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment

Memories of the war

On ANZAC day 2018 Dad is one of the last survivors of the Pacific campaign from 2/4th Armoured Regiment Bougainville Solomon Islands. Landing with the Matilda tanks was at Torokina.
Dad said when they landed he had a knot in his stomach which never left him until he left. He said that had the War not ended it was only a matter of time before he too was killed and that upon the Surrender the Japanese actually came out of the jungle behind the lines of what the Australians had believed had been under their control.

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