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BRYAN, Maurice

• Personal Details
• Service History
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Step 1: Personal Details

Service Number:	1722
Enlisted:	8 January 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town:	Ravenshoe, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Atherton, Queensland, Australia, 18 February 1960, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Atherton Rockley Road Cemetery Uniting Section D, Plots 336-309
Memorials:	Ravenshoe War Memorial

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Step 2: Service History

World War 1 Service

8 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1722, 9th Infantry Battalion
8 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1722, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
26 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1722, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Joined unit at Gallipoli
4 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1722, 9th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on 'Grampian'at Mudros, disembarking Alexandria.
24 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Serapeum, Egypt- from Hospital
26 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1722, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Embarked on 'Ballarat'at Alexandria- disembarked Marseilles, France
1 Dec 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Promoted to Corporal to replace Corp. S. H. Watson 2436 who was evacuated due to wounding 22/7/1916.
20 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Promoted to Lance Sergeant to replace the promoted J. G. McCarthy 3696.
20 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Pioneer Battalion, Promoted to Sergeant to replace the promoted T. G. Lecke 686.
3 Aug 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1722, Army Training Units, Detached to Engineer Training Battalion in the UK. A series of hospitalisations with a cardiac condition saw him designated Return to Australia for Medical DIscharge'
30 Dec 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1722, Army Training Units, HMAT Berrima - Return to Australia
2 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1722, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1 MD Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

In 1967 Maurice's wife, Elizabeth, wrote to Central Army Records Office seeking award of ANZAC Army Badge on behalf of her late husband who she informed had passed away on 18 February 1960. She indicated that Maurice was the 1st volunteer from the Ravenshoe and Evelyn district in north Qld when he enlisted in 1914. 

In 1967 Maurice's wife, Elizabeth, wrote to Central Army Records Office seeking award of ANZAC Army Badge on behalf of her late husband who she informed had passed away on 18 February 1960. She indicated that Maurice was the 1st volunteer from the Ravenshoe and Evelyn district in north Qld when he enlisted in 1914. 

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