Raymond Elton PYE

Date of birth2 April 1891
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrazier
AddressBondi House, Flood Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 10"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, David Dick Pye, Bondi House, Flood Street, Bondi, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Sydney Grammar School Cadets (3 years); Senior Cadets, Hawkesbury Agricultural College (2 years).
Enlistment date29 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name17th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A32 Themistocles on 12 May 1915
FateKilled in Action
Date of death17 May 1916
Place of burialBrewery Orchard Cemetery (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 2), Bois-Grenier, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
83
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded in action, 27 August 1915 (gun shot wound, neck).

Embarked for England from Gibraltar, 29 October 1915; and admitted to Endsleigh Palace Hospital, London. 31 October 1915.

Rejoined Bn, 21 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 March 1916.

Killed in action, 17 May 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, PYE Raymond Elton