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Roy Leonard BRAY

Regimental number1886
Place of birthKensington, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
Other trainingTechnical College
ReligionCongregational
OccupationEngineer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Richard Bray, Swindon Road, Oakleigh, Victoria
Enlistment date19 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 26 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 September 1917
Place of death or woundingWesthoek Ridge, Belgium
Date of death16 September 1917
Age at death27.8
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 2), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
93
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and the late Annie BRAY, Swindon Road, Oakleigh, Victoria

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