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Bryan HUMPHRIS

Regimental number531
Place of birthOrroroo, South Australia
SchoolPt Augusta School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank officer
Address30 Capper Street, Kent Town, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Height5' 9.25"
Weight200 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss M R Humphris, 30 Capper Street, Kent Town, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 July 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 June 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 4), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
120
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Sarah HUMPHRIS. Native of Orroroo. Commemorated in North Road Church of England Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5713 Pte Richard Knott HUMPHRIS MM, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 16 July 1919; 5712 Pte Cav HUMPHRIS, 1st Signal Company, returned to Australia, 12 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Adelaide, 18 November 1915; disembarked Suez, ex-'Geelong', 18 December 1915.

Promoted Corporal, 26 May 1916.

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

Wounded in action, 19 July 1916.

Now, 28 July 1916, to be reported as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HUMPHRIS Bryan

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