PYBUS, Raymond Keith
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| 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: | Hobart Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Roll of Honour, Invermay Tasmanian Government Railways Great War Honour Roll, Kettering State School Honour Roll, Kettering War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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