Regimental number | 2722 |
Place of birth | Penguin, Tasmania |
School | State Schools, Penguin and Mt Hicks, Tasmania |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Myalla, Tasmania |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, R B Bramich, Myalla, Tasmania |
Previous military service | Nil (lived in an exempt area under the Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 15th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/32/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 47th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Wytschaete, Belgium (Battle of Messines) |
Age at death | 21.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Derry House Cemetery No. 2 (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 6), Wytschaete, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 143 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Bernard Harrison and Alice BRAMICH, Myalla, Tasmania. Native of West Pine, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3177 Corporal Alden Bernard BRAMICH, 47th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium,12 October 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Middle East, Western Front Embarked from Alexandria for Gallipoli, 18 October 1915; joined 15th Bn at Lemnos, 23 October 1915. Admitted to No. 3 General Hospital, Lemnos, 25 October 1915 (influenza); transferred to No. 3 Australian General Hospital, Alexandria, 15 December 1915 (enteric fever); to No. 2 Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis, 24 January 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HS 'Nestor', 9 February 1916, for 3 months' change. Re-embarked from Hobart, 8 August 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 30 September 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 12 November 1916; taken on strength, 28th Bn, 27 November 1916. Transferred to 47th Bn, 17 December 1916. Admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance, 25 February 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); rejoined unit, 7 March 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal , Belgium, 19 June 1917. Killed in action,Belgium, 19 August 1917. Buried Derry House Cemetery No. 2, 1 mile North East of Messines. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |