Raymond Keith PYBUS MID

PYBUS, Raymond Keith

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 16 January 1915
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 26 November 1890
Home Town: Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Army Officer
Died: Killed In Action, France, 15 April 1917, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Bapaume Communal Cemetery
Row 1, Grave 5
Memorials: Kettering State School Honour Roll, Kettering War Memorial, Tasmanian Government Railways
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World War 1 Service

16 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade
12 Feb 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Runic, Sydney
4 Mar 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
15 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Major awm_died_date: 1917-04-15

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Raymond Keith PYBUS was born in Hobart, Tasmania on 26th November, 1890

His parents were William Bruni PYBUS & Fanny TILLEY who married in Tasmania on 2nd October, 1865

He had previous military service with the 40th Battery, Australian Field Artillery before he enlisted on16th January, 1915 with the 1st Australian Divisional Artillery Battery

Raymond married Clara Alexandrina ROBSON (date unknown)

He embarked as 2nd Lieutenant with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade from Sydney on the HMAT Runic on the 12th February, 1915

He served as a 2nd Lieutenant, Captain & Major and was Killed in Action in France on 15th April, 1917 and is buried in the Bapaume Communal Cemetery, Row 1, Grave 5

Ranks:  Lieutenant 26th June, 1915

Captain 12th March, 1916

Major 21st January, 1917

Honours & Awards - Mention in dispatches 4th March, 1917

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial

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