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Leongatha & District
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORY OF THE FORMER WOORAYL SHIRE
Dumbalk • Inverloch • Koonwarra • Leongatha • Meeniyan • Ruby
Tarwin Lower • Venus Bay • Walkerville
BRYANT, Cyril John
Number:
Private 3945
Sapper in Number 5 Tunneling Company
Chiltern, Victoria
Mrs. Lena Bryant 22 Seacombe Gr Glenferrie
Leongatha, Victoria 9/3/1916
Age 20 years 5 months 5'5", 9 stone 7 pounds, blue eyes and light brown hair.
Roman Catholic
Contractor
He died of wounds in Rouen 18/10/1918
He is buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen
He enlisted in Leongatha and was from Grassy Spur, Victoria
He is on Grassy Spur Honour Roll
9/3/16 He enlisted in Leongatha
25/5/16 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Warilda
31/7/16 He was AWL for 14 days
28/8/16 He proceeded overseas from London
29/8/16 He went to the tunnel unit 2nd tunneling Company
21/5/17 He was sick in hospital
29/10/17 He went on leave from France
26/12/17 He was discharged to CTD Parkhouse 1st ADH no 20
There is a very sad list of illness and AWL
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