BRIANT, Horace Elliott
| Service Number: | 701 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 August 1914, RAS Showground, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
| Born: | Upton Park, England, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Pianoforte Tuner |
| Died: | Epilepsy, Sydney, Australia, 3 October 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Waverley General Cemetery, Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 701, RAS Showground, Sydney | |
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| 19 Aug 1914: | Involvement Private, 701, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Aug 1914: | Embarked Private, 701, 1st Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Horace Elliott BRIANT was born in Upton Park, England in 1881
His parents were Mark BRIANT & Phoebe GILLINGHAM
He married Florence Beatrice ELLIS on 25th December, 1904, in St James Church, Walthamstow, Essex, England - two known children, Florence Gladys and Horace Alfred
He enlisted at the Royal Agricultural Showground in Sydney in 1914 & embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Berrima on 19th August, 1914
Horace was invalided home to Sydney on 10th November, 1914 due to illness (epilepsy) and was discharged on 18th January 1915 as medically unfit
He died in Sydney on 3rd October, 1916 and was given a Military Funeral - he is buried in the Waverley Cemetery in Sydney
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