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BRAY, John James
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1604 |
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Enlisted: | 7 May 1912 |
Last Rank: | Stoker |
Last Unit: | HMAS AE1 (Submarine) |
Born: | Eaglehawk, Victoria, 1892 |
Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Serviceman |
Died: | Drowned, St George's Channel, Papua New Guinea, St George's Channel, New Pomerania, Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, 14 September 1914 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lost at Sea, Plymouth Naval Memorial, Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 1), Eaglehawk St Peter's Honour Roll, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Teneriffe Submariners Walk |
Service History
Non Warlike Service
7 May 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Recruit |
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World War 2 Service
7 May 1912: | Enlisted 1604 |
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World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1914: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Stoker, 1604, HMAS AE1 (Submarine), German New Guinea |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Greater Bendigo's first local casualty