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William Arthur BRYANT

Regimental number3456
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address51 Mount Vernon Street, Forest Lodge, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Bryant, 51 Mount Vernon Street, Forest Lodge, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Meritorious Seervice Medal


Has shown great devotion to duty as Orderly Room Sergeant under all conditions.
Recommendation date: 9 September 1917

FateReturned to Australia 31 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Meritorious Service Medal

'This N.CO. has been Orderly Room Sergeant since February 1917 and throughout the whole period he has shown great devotion to duty under all conditions. It is mainly due to his excellent work in the office that the high state of efficiency which exists in it, has been reached and maintained.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57
Date: 18 April 1918

Date of death27 May 1956

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